Sahil Kapur

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

REALITY CHECK on a "discharge petition" for debt limit: Let's assume a bill gets 218 + 60 votes. It must be referred to committee and freeze there for 30 legislative days, then floor for 7 leg. days. 37 legislative days from now = MID-MAY. Weeks before Treasury's deadline. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 17, 2023

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A few centrist House Republicans say default must not happen, but they're joining McCarthy in insisting that Biden negotiate on conservative policy add-ons to lift the debt ceiling. Something's got to give. Treasury's expected deadline: "early June" https://t.co/0Xl5AWwmEv — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 17, 2023

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In other words, if lawmakers want to use a discharge petition to raise the debt limit they'd have to (1) convince GOP leaders to add more legislative days to the calendar, or (2) write a bill in the next few weeks that has 218 votes in the House and 60 in the Senate. Good luck. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 17, 2023