Both Schumer & McConnell are nothing if not lifelong, loyal-to-a-fault employees of the billionaire political parties donor-class and committed to avoiding default on US Debt. The US Senate will easily pass the bill.

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https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/810055

And two weeks ago ...

Biden to sign the clean debt ceiling raise into law by the first [fifth] of June.

No US Default -– come hell or highwater! – is my prediction. — 180 Proof

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/31/debt-ceiling-final-vote-house-congress :cool:

@Mikie

Well that was fun.

Now maybe we can get back to the important things— like fighting wokeness, Disney…arming teachers, banning books, restricting unions, gutting environmental regulations, etc. You know— the normal Republican agenda.

:smirk:

You forgot 'legalising child labour'.

Still has to go through Senate. And still an outside chance one of the Republican hard-heads will call for a spill of the Speaker's chair.

Why was the bloated, redundant military budget off limits in the debt limit negotiations between the militaristic GOP and Joe Biden? That’s over half the federal operating budget. Untouchable. Full of contractor rip offs and corruption. — Ralph Nader

God bless this man. Still plugging away.

Biden to sign the clean debt ceiling raise into law by the first of June.
No US Default – come hell or highwater! – is my prediction. — 180 Proof

↪Wayfarer Both Schumer & McConnell are nothing if not lifelong, loyal-to-a-fault employees of the billionaire political parties donor-class and committed to avoiding default on US Debt. The US Senate will easily pass the bill. — 180 Proof

https://www.dw.com/en/us-senate-gives-final-approval-on-debt-ceiling-bill/a-65800254 :up:

Ah…You want a medal or something?