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Tue Oct 05 19:22:32 +0000 2021

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

McConnell cracks a smile when asked by @lindsaywise if he worries his position could give fuel to Democrats to change filibuster rules. "Look. The debt ceiling needs to be addressed. The only question is who should address it." He says it should be Dems only via reconciliation. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 5, 2021 Hibernated

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McConnell calls reconciliation "the easiest way" to tackle the debt limit. @GarrettHaake asks why that's easier than GOP dropping its filibuster. "That would require getting consent from every single Republican to lower the threshold to 51. I can't imagine that would happen." — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 5, 2021 Hibernated

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A Republican aide told me a few weeks ago to watch Romney as a bellwether for possible shifts on debt limit. The reason: few if any senators in the caucus will feel the need to be more duty-bound here than Mitt Romney. — PolitiTweet.org

Erik Wasson @elwasson

ROMNEY makes clear he will filibuster the debt ceiling increase on vote tomorrow. “We’re not voting in any way to h… https://t.co/rqUzCt8wfB

Posted Oct. 5, 2021 Hibernated

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