Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) suggests some GOP senators would back lifting the debt limit if D’s totally abandoned their $3.5 trillion spending package.
She said it “appears unlikely, but that’s an agreement that could be reached”
She said it “appears unlikely, but that’s an agreement that could be reached”
Collins also took issue with D’s trying to suspend the debt limit until *after the midterms*
The House cleared a bill last week that’s bound to run into GOP blockade this week
The House cleared a bill last week that’s bound to run into GOP blockade this week
Think fair to say the Collins idea for D’s to scrap Biden’s economic agenda for a debt limit deal is being rejected as total nonstarter
> @RepDonBeyer: The GOP is “demanding the President abandon the agenda the American people elected him to pass” businessinsider.com/susan-collins-…
> @RepDonBeyer: The GOP is “demanding the President abandon the agenda the American people elected him to pass” businessinsider.com/susan-collins-…
Also worth noting the debt limit needed to be raised or suspended this year regardless of D spending plans.
The GOP also signed onto three debt limit deals under Trump + grew national debt under his administration (with D’s)
businessinsider.com/susan-collins-…
The GOP also signed onto three debt limit deals under Trump + grew national debt under his administration (with D’s)
businessinsider.com/susan-collins-…
Another way of viewing her opposition: Collins voted for the Trump tax law which largely slashed corporate taxes and added $2 trillion to the national debt.
The US is still on the hook for that. Now the bills are coming due and she's refusing to pay it
businessinsider.com/susan-collins-…
The US is still on the hook for that. Now the bills are coming due and she's refusing to pay it
businessinsider.com/susan-collins-…
One Senate D aide weighed in on Collins’s suggestion:
“This reflects the general attitude of the Republican conference to burn it all down when out of power” businessinsider.com/susan-collins-…
“This reflects the general attitude of the Republican conference to burn it all down when out of power” businessinsider.com/susan-collins-…
> @econwonk with colorful thought this AM on the Collins idea:
“Senator Collins suggestion for helping Democrats raise the debt limit is like suggesting they cut off their own leg to get out of a bear trap. That’s not help, that’s a horror movie.” businessinsider.com/susan-collins-…
“Senator Collins suggestion for helping Democrats raise the debt limit is like suggesting they cut off their own leg to get out of a bear trap. That’s not help, that’s a horror movie.” businessinsider.com/susan-collins-…
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