It’s imperative that observers stop seeing the Republicans’ debt ceiling crises as normal and start seeing them as scandalous. (via MaddowBlog)
noted that dealing with the debt ceiling would be among the year’s big challenges. “Wall Street analysts and political prognosticators are warning that a perennial source of partisan brinkmanship could finally tip into outright catastrophe in 2023,” the article read.
Except, that’s not quite right. In this context, “perennial” was an adjective that conveyed a misleading message.Host Joe Kernen challenged the idea that there were “three clean raises” of the debt ceiling during Donald Trump’s term, and Punchbowl News’s Jake Sherman agreed. “A stand-alone clean debt ceiling is dead on arrival,” Sherman said, adding, “In modern times, the debt ceiling is raised with negotiations.
First, when Kernen rejected the idea that the debt ceiling was addressed “cleanly” three times under Trump, I suppose there might be some debate over the meaning of the word “clean.” In 2017, 2018, and 2019, Congress approved debt ceiling increases by simply attaching the increases to other bills — a standard move lawmakers have employed for generations.
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