Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The existing set of appropriations will expire when they expire at which point the House and Senate will either agree to extend them with a continuing resolution, update them with no appropriations bills, or else they won’t and the government will shut down. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2023

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Exactly so — Joe Biden has a solemn constitutional obligation to spend all the money already required by law and no money not required by law. The putative debt ceiling is plainly unconstitutional and irrelevant. — PolitiTweet.org

The entire argument is for cutting Congress out of the process of funding the federal government, which is the most… https://t.co/XOUYAOeAe4

Posted Jan. 6, 2023

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House Republicans can obviously pass a bill amending the existing appropriations if they like. That could help inform the public about their priorities and vision for fiscal policy but it wouldn’t pass the senate so there’s no practical issue. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 6, 2023