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Reminder, this is to pay for spending that has already occurred. The vast majority of it during 2019-2020. Yep. They are running out on their own tab and actively preventing anyone from paying it through use of the filibuster (it was Cancun Cruz's turn this time).
broketonystark
Please die Mitch… please… hell ain’t getting any colder
communismjokesareonlyfunnyifeveryonegetsthem
They're going to destroy the economy and try to steal every election until they can fulfill their fascist fantasies. We are in deep shit
pyroplumbus7
trippingthelightfantastic
YouEatYellowSnow
It is not even spending, it is what has already been spent. But that is the game Republicans play. They have already costed us billions...
YouEatYellowSnow
when they did this in the past. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_debt_ceiling
DrSchlepenstein
Cause that is what traitorous obstructionist bastards do.
StupidAutocorrect
justadude41123
The morning sunrise is less predictable than the Hippocrates that are the Republican Party
Broccoliman01
Truly the GQP members are the architects of fear. No redeeming value at all.
Goryofa
Welp, you folks had a decent run. One of the shorter Empires, but I do admire the optimism. Who's next? Is it China? That sucks.
Hereagain
You know, I didn't really want to live here anymore anyway.
TonnerreCadien
Vote them out and fuck that undead ghoul McConnell.
thisiswhyicanthaveanythingnice
Someday I will find his grave and do a little dance.
DCNR
They are a clear and present danger.
ConnectToReality
Remember when there was time where this would just automatically happen? Before it was weaponized?
ihatepeacocks
They don’t care how much peeps call out their hypocrisy. Their only goal is to “own the libs” even if it means crashing the country.
garyoldmansdiary
They vote to steal taxpayer money during republican presidency, vote to hurt the country during democratic presidency.
GoNAVYNo1
FUCK the fucking GOP!!! ?
KhanhChannn
The fact that people vote these people blatantly against their own self interest fckn baffles me.
BootsDusty
AngryGraphicDesigner
Republicans spent for four years, but don’t want to pay the debt for their squandering. Fucking cowards!
CoarseAndSalty
If they didn't block the debt ceiling raise there would have been consequences. Shit wouldn't be obstructed under Democrat Rule.
immortalbucket
Ceistebi
It's so predictable too, they did this under Obama too if I remember.
1block
Pure politics. GOP wants Democrats to look like manic spenders. Democrats can pass it in budget reconciliation but don't like the optics.>
1block
1block
< Its ultimately prob not an issue beyond political games.
ThatGuyFromJustSouthOfTheMiddleOfNowhere
They had a different stance not that long ago.
Insomnia297
The only thing you'e united in is licking each other's wrinkly ballsacks. Y'all aren't the Grand 'Ol Party, you're the Lemon Party.
Rhythmaster
He has no stance, he is 100% unprincipled opportunist. Only political gamesmanship, nothing else.
aFadingMemory
Thank you. I wanted to post this below it but couldn't dig it up.
Khazuki
everyone in America needs to be shown this video
parallaxHero
Fuckin Turtle Man
PictureArchiver
Jesus fuck. He looks like he’s already dead and nobody told him yet.
ThatGuyFromJustSouthOfTheMiddleOfNowhere
The part where those 70+ are unemployable because of cognitive issues....but most of those running the government fall in this demographic
QuartzPoker
Next time someone filibusters, just have security escort them from the floor.
zFUBARz
Fuck it, make them stand at the podium and actually do it instead of just say, Naw i would totally fillibuster that. They'd all pass out.
QuartzPoker
That's not as fun but yes, that works too. Make a filibuster speech a mandatory part of filibusters .
aFadingMemory
That's been raised as a possibility. Joe Oil and Coal Manchin "protector of the tradition of the filibuster" says that's too traditional.
zFUBARz
"We MUST PROTECT THE TRADITION OF THE PHILIBUSTER... No No No, not like that!" fuck that guy
BubbyMtz
I've been with the government for 6 years, and this time of year always stresses me out. Now my dumb ass is pregnant and I can't emotionally
BubbyMtz
Deal with a long haul shutdown. (I'm extremely happy to be pregnant don't get me wrong, but when this happens it feel like a punishment.)
aFadingMemory
Pretty sure the intention is to gain political capital by inflicting pain. Sorry for the stressful time. Congrats on the baby!
Exyr
How is he even still alive.
whitefoxkei
His phylactery is very well hidden.
yazzer461
All of the horcruxes must be destroyed first.
Silnt39
Feeding on the souls of children
Grizabellakat007
Pure spite. And unicorn blood.
Renza0
how has nobody unalived him yet, I think is the bigger question
bfreeze01
Turtles can live to be over 100 years old.
TapiocaMartini
I'm pretty sure sith don't die of old age.
ArbitraryCommas
They can have super long life spans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle#Lifespan
Nuclearwaste9
Isn't it obvious? He is a sith lord powered by the dark side of the force.
fallen1092
Because not even hell wants him.
notadiddler69
We haven't found all of his horcruxes yet
SenfinaZeit
Because I have a job so I can't travel.
qroniq14
His medical care is the best in the world. That’s how. It’s his privilege that’s keeping alive.
gamerely2718
Pure evil powers his long dead heart.
RealFuckinNeeto
Has anyone checked for a pulse in a while I’m still not convinced.
ruferto
i've had my foreign friends ask me that. gotta explain that the party most likely to assassinate is the same one that needs it
TyphoidMira
Spite is a gateway to many things the Jedi consider... unnatural.
Targe0
Deal with a devil for power, but then a wish on a monkeys paw for long life but not got screwed over by aging badly thus explaining his look
PlatinumMaximum
Because the terms of his unholy oath dictate that his soul does not come due so long as he does Faust’s work on earth.
greenf1sh
Because the Americans that still give a shit haven't gotten violent, yet.
Exyr
I feel like that comma should be a ;
greenf1sh
Could've gone really edgy, made it a "..."
MayhemKing
Reanimation.
Narwhilian
It's true. Lich McConnell is a huge problem. We need to find his phylactery and destroy it, otherwise he will keep coming back
GSA1386
I very often find myself fantasizing about him going to his lair, reading what people say about him, and feeling awful... I know he doesn't
Exyr
He probably draws power from it.
GSA1386
You're right! Maybe he's a new variation of energy vampire that runs on greed.
ImHereToGetDownvotes
Hopefully the Democrats don't cave to the demands of the Republicans. Let the debt come, make it clear Republicans are the ones that 1/
aFadingMemory
The really insane thing is, they didn't even make demands this time. They just filibustered and gestured broadly at the left.
ImHereToGetDownvotes
Sadly, they know that's all it takes now. The filibuster needs a massive overhaul.
ImHereToGetDownvotes
jacked it up under Trump in the first place then did nothing. Democrats can then threaten to return the Corporate Tax Rates to a 2/
ImHereToGetDownvotes
pre-Reagan rate on their own through reconciliation to cover the debt if Republicans won't budge. 3/3
MentionSignificant
Unfortunately, I think it's time to accept Dems don't have the senate, and can't pass anything that doesn't have Republican votes.
MentionSignificant
The D next to Manchin and Sinema means nothing at this point. If Biden can't or won't do it via executive order, we're not getting it.
ImHereToGetDownvotes
Thankfully, the D by their name DOES mean a lot, just not enough. It means Dem's have the Sen majority seat.
ThatSonOfaBitch
Makes sense since forcing shutdowns has worked out well for the GOP in the past. (it really hasn't, it's called sarcasm kids)
Nobody7713
The debt ceiling's even worse than that - refusing to raise it results in America defaulting on its debts, causing economic collapse.
NKato
Yup. I'm just preparing for that inevitably because for fucking once, can the Democrats call the GOP's bluff?!
Nobody7713
They have before on govt shutdowns and usually won politically from it, but the debt ceiling is playing chicken on exploding bikes.
NKato
I'm fine with this. My generation's future has already been stolen so I'm not really fussed if the country burns
Khazuki
it...it has worked out well for them, though...they've been able to shutdown the government and pin it on dems
CrimeBrulee
Polls from the last 2 shutdowns showed Rs taking the majority of the heat for it.
Khazuki
color me wrong I guess. Prolly helps corral their base though.
CrimeBrulee
Oh for sure just like everything they do. Thats what's alarming about their strategy - they aren't even trying for swing voters nowadays.
ElbowDeepInUserSub
What it does, is undermine faith in liberal/progressive ideals, pushing less aware voters towards the center.
WowThatUsernameIsSoOriginal
demotivate the democratic base so they win control of the house and senate. worked with Obama.
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
In no way, none, does it push them toward the center. No one is going left from this. It pushes them toward the right.
Gherkincensed
Literally the opposite of what he said, reading comprehension roll 1....
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
Literally exactly what he said. Try again.
ElbowDeepInUserSub
Holy shit man, can you not tell from the context I was referring to pushing less liberal left voters towards center? Jesus.
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
I could tell that was what you were going for, but that isn't what you said. They're going for one very specific thing, and the difference>
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
>is important.