The Senate is poised to vote on ending debate on a House-passed bill that would suspend the federal borrowing limit, even as Republican senators were expected to put up another roadblock.
The Democratic-run Senate on Wednesday was poised to vote on ending debate on a House-passed bill that would suspend the federal borrowing limit, even as Republican senators were expected to put up another roadblock.
This year’s standoff has occurred as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans argue that Democratic lawmakers ought to go it alone to lift the debt ceiling through a process known as budget reconciliation, as that’s how they passed a stimulus bill in March and how they’re working to pass their sweeping social-spending package.
A third route would be “Senate Democrats could move to eliminate the 60-vote filibuster for debt limit increases,” Krueger wrote. “This would track w/ the recent, targeted weakening of the filibuster , though would be the first on legislative matters in recent memory.” A Democratic senator who requested anonymity to speak frankly about Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s tough position told the Hill newspaper that Schumer likely will opt to raise the debt limit through reconciliation. The lawmaker said: “I don’t know, other than reconciliation, how we do it. I think if it comes to that, we should just do it. No one’s going to remember how it’s done in a month but they will remember if it’s not done.
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