By a slim margin of 217-215, Home Republicans handed Kevin McCarthy’s debt restrict invoice and gave an incredible reward to Biden and the Democrats.
CNN’s Manu Raju tweeted:
217-215, the Home Republicans push by way of their invoice to lift the debt ceiling.
No votes:
Gaetz
Buck
Biggs
Burchett— Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 26, 2023
McCarthy’s invoice is lifeless on arrival within the Senate. It should by no means put any stress on President Biden as a result of it won’t get anyplace close to him. Speaker McCarthy couldn’t get each Home Republican, so his caucus was already fractured. He introduced no united entrance to the Democrats.
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The invoice that he did move was an assault on veterans, the working class, seniors, the navy, and kids. Democrats are going to run on this invoice from now by way of the 2024 election. The White Home has promised to hold the vote across the necks of each reasonable Republican in a Home district that President Biden carried in 2020.
Democrats aren’t going to barter with Kevin McCarthy as a result of he handed this invoice. The one factor that Kevin McCarthy did was make it simpler for Democrats to doubtlessly win again the Home subsequent 12 months.
The worst factor that would have occurred to Republicans was Kevin McCarthy passing this doomed invoice, however that’s precisely what he did.
Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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