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That all sounds pretty bad ― and it would be! It’s why, for most of U.S. history, lawmakers in neither party seriously threatened to block debt ceiling increases. But during the Obama presidency, Republicans began holding the debt ceiling hostage. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 8, 2023

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If Congress doesn’t pass a bill raising the debt ceiling, the federal government will have to stop borrowing. And if the government can’t borrow any more money, it won’t be able to pay all of its bills. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 8, 2023

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Now Republicans are threatening to do the same thing again. On Hannity, McCarthy defended this kind of brinkmanship with a series of misleading statements. Here’s the *real* agenda behind those threats: https://t.co/hsu4Qi5jj3 — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 8, 2023