Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

McConnell on gov $: “You either go into a period of continuing resolutions, which is Washington speak for basically putting all of the decisions into kind of a vacuum and you end up analysts fights, or you accept the reality of where you are.” (via @lizbrownkaiser @kate_santaliz) — PolitiTweet.org

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Hurdles to using a "discharge petition" to raise the debt ceiling: 30 legislative days in committee, 218 signatures in the House, another 7 legislative days on the floor, then 2 more to require the Speaker to vote. It can't initiate in the Senate. And Senate must pass it as is. — PolitiTweet.org