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GOP Plans to Gut Social Security and Medicare If It Retakes Control of Congress
House Democrats slammed Republicans’ ploy to use looming debt ceiling fight as leverage to secure cuts to the programs.
Congress Raises Debt Ceiling After Months of Republican Obstruction
Congress raised the ceiling just before the country was set to default on its loans, which would cause economic turmoil.
Republicans Are So Determined to Obstruct Debt Limit, They’re Bucking McConnell
Republicans are rejecting a plan favored by Sen. Mitch McConnell in order to threaten economic disaster.
As Build Back Better Is Gutted, Defense Act Is Deemed a “Must-Pass” Bill
Packed with $740 billion worth of militarism, the NDAA reads like a Christmas list from the most terrifying child ever.
McConnell Knows Debt Ceiling Must Rise, But He Wants Democrats to Pay for It
The minority leader is using the Democrats’ majority to render them ever-more vulnerable in the coming elections.
To Understand the Debt Ceiling Crisis, Observe the Far Right Clown Show in Idaho
An executive branch scrum in Idaho explains many things about the state of the GOP.
McConnell Says He’ll Allow Vote on Raising Debt Ceiling Through December
The United States government was set to default on its debts — something it has never done before — later this month.
Republicans Lie That It’s Democrats’ — Not Trump’s — Debts That Need to Be Paid
The current debt ceiling raise would cover debts incurred by Trump, though Republicans aren’t admitting it.
Biden Gives Democrats Green Light to Weaken the Filibuster for Debt Ceiling Vote
Senate Democrats are weighing a new exception that would exempt debt ceiling votes from the filibuster.
Biden Slams GOP for Obstructing Debt Limit in Wake of “Reckless” Trump Agenda
“Their obstruction and irresponsibility knows absolutely no bounds,” the president said on Monday.