Mitch McConnell sent a letter to Biden this morning in which he said:
“We have no list of demands. For two and a half months, we have simply warned that since your party wishes to govern alone, it must handle the debt limit alone as well.”
But he’s filibustering the bill — obstructing it, in other words. There is literally no limit to the man’s chutzpah.
Biden said:
McConnell wants the Democrats to put the debt ceiling through a reconciliation bill which requires all kinds of hoops and possibly has limits which could spook the markets. McConnell doesn’t care about any of this. He’s just determined to screw up Biden’s agenda any way he can even if he destroys the country in the process. Nothing will deter him from seizing power in 2022 by any mean necessary.
There is one remedy which the Democrats refuse to use: nuke the filibuster. I will never understand why. At this point it’s nothing more than sabotage and they are letting the Republicans do it.