McConnell: GOP Won’t Vote to Raise Debt Ceiling

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned Democrats that the GOP volition not ballot to rise the indebtedness ceiling. McConnell said that Democrats should to see the spending hike successful an infrastructure bill that they tin walk on enactment lines.

“I can’t ideate determination volition beryllium a azygous Republican voting to rise the indebtedness ceiling aft what we’ve been experiencing,” McConnell told Punchbowl News.

Democrats could see the indebtedness ceiling summation successful their fund reconciliation measure presently being debated. However, it is much apt that Democrats could necktie the indebtedness ceiling to a backing measure that would request to walk by the extremity of September, which would spot Republicans successful a presumption wherever voting against it could mean shutting down the government. 

“If Democrats did see the indebtedness ceiling summation successful reconciliation, lawmakers would request to take what the caller borrowing bounds should beryllium successful the authorities fixed the peculiar fund rules,” CNN reported.

Republican lawmakers did not request spending cuts as they raised the indebtedness ceiling respective times nether erstwhile President Donald Trump. Raising the indebtedness ceiling is considered a shaky governmental move; it volition undoubtedly go a large talking constituent among the GOP arsenic the enactment works to garner enactment for midterm elections successful 2022.