The debt ceiling was reached in January
Jfc, Congress set the limit starting in 1917. It's an arbitrary limit.....within reason, of course
The left lies about this all the time. Tax cuts have shown to increase government revenues:
Andrew Jackson was the last President to see a balanced budget and no federal debt. Also it was the Republicans Congress led by Newt Gingrich who forced Bill Clinton 1995 into economic policies that saw a budget surplus.
He has ignored these facts every time he’s been confronted with them.
Still love how the right refuses to give Clinton any credit. Gingrich didn't force Clinton to do anything. He was a willing participant in the legislation passed and signed.
Read the Constitution, OK?
The debt ceiling being required by the same body that sets the bidget was created by Congress. It was a simple question.
We hit the debt limit in January, at which time the fed manipulated things so that we could make it longer. That wasn't political....it was necessary.
Clinton's tax increase for the rich helped too.
There is nothing reasonable OR modest about the cuts in McCarthy's budget. And I'm pretty sure he knows what eventually passes will have little or no resemblance to it. He's just pandering to the dead-enders he needs to keep happy in order to stay in the Speaker's chair.
Actually, it was Clinton's first budget that took the crucial first steps, and not a single Republican in either house of Congress voted for it. As for 1995, Gingrich's strategy was to assume Clinton would capitulate and give him everything he wanted (admittedly not an unreasonable assumption given Clinton's track record up to that time). It was only when Clinton called his bluff and triggered a government shutdown that Gingrich even came to the table for negotiations.
Since you keep saying that, it's worth pointing out that the Constitution doesn't say anything about a debt limit. That didn't come along until well over a century later.
I agree. McCarthy knows he’ll have to negotiate with Senate Democrats and make compromises. And some Democrats, most notably Joe Manchin, know that negotiations and compromise is in the best interest of the country. I’m optimistic that more Democrats will see it the same way. Clawing back unspent Covid relief funds is a no-brainer that both parties should agree to now that the emergency is over.
Interesting that you used the exact words McCarthy did about COVID funds
Is he giving Ukraine veterans the money he got from China, or what?
No and it won’t likely happen until summer as we get closer to whatever date the Treasury department says the debt ceiling needs to be lifted. Schumer will need about 10 Republicans to pass a filibuster-proof clean debt ceiling bill, maybe more because he can’t count on Manchin. Tester and other vulnerable Senate Democrats up for election are questionable as well.So, has “McCarthy’s big win” forced President Biden and the Democrats to the table yet???
BabyBoobs
BabyBoobs 
NYT wrong too?BabyBoobs’ track record on all things political explains why BabyBoobs doesn’t understand how this is going to play out:
Senate majority leader Schumer and President Biden are letting “republicans” display their radical approach to governance to the American people.
Meanwhile Senate Majority leader Schumer will hold hearings to expose the far right-wing sociopathy of the cuts in the “republican’s” DOA (Default On America” bill in upcoming hearings.
A clean debt ceiling vote in the Senate will follow shortly thereafter.
That ^ will provide ANOTHER opportunity for the American people to see just how radical the “republicans” (and maybe Joe Manchin) are.
Vice chair? That tells you everything you need to know about this source.
Fair enough, but the meeting was also reported in Politico, the Wall Street Journal, and other outlets. In defense of the Axios article, Senator Collins is identified as vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee on the committee’s website.
