{"id":1095874,"date":"2021-12-07T18:45:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T23:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1095874"},"modified":"2021-12-07T18:45:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T23:45:29","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-pushing-filibuster-carveout-for-debt-ceiling-to-protect-his-ego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-pushing-filibuster-carveout-for-debt-ceiling-to-protect-his-ego\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell Pushing Filibuster Carveout for Debt Ceiling to Protect His &#039;Ego&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitch-mcconnell-pushing-filibuster-carveout-for-debt-ceiling-to-protect-his-ego%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1095874&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1184227878-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s (R-KY) efforts to fast-track the debt ceiling is a tactic to protect his own \u201cego,\u201d a former senior GOP aide told Breitbart News.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/07\/mcconnell-gop-raise-debt-limit-523878\">pushed<\/a> to fast-track the adoption of legislation to raise the debt ceiling. His proposal would allow the Senate to consider the debt ceiling legislation with only a 51-vote majority or to allow it to pass with mainly Democrat votes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The tentative deal between McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) would suspend the Senate\u2019s 60-vote filibuster rules for one month to consider the debt ceiling provision.<\/p>\n<p>This would allow McConnell to have a modest victory as Democrats have successfully beaten back McConnell\u2019s strategy to force Democrats to raise the debt ceiling through reconciliation or through the $1.7 trillion Build Back Better Act.<\/p>\n<p>This serves as a \u201cstunning turnaround\u201d for McConnell, who made \u201cblanket opposition\u201d to raising the debt ceiling central to his political strategy this summer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Essentially, this proposal would create a temporary filibuster carveout to allow for McConnell and Schumer to share a victory.<\/p>\n<p>A former senior GOP aide told Breitbart News that this filibuster carveout would protect McConnell\u2019s \u201cego\u201d after losing to Schumer on the debt ceiling this year.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative activist organizations have raised hell over Congress\u2019s inability to cut spending while Americans continue to grapple with soaring inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Brandon, the president of FreedomWorks, said in a statement Tuesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>The last thing the American people need this Christmas is another debt limit increase. Our national debt will soon hit $30 trillion, and congressional leaders continue to lack the courage to address this national security threat.<\/p>\n<p>FreedomWorks activists are fed up with the inaction from Washington to cut spending. Rest assured that FreedomWorks will key vote any legislation that continues to harm our nation\u2019s budget and economic well-being.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kevin Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, said in a statement that any measure to lower the vote threshold to raise the debt ceiling would damage \u201cboth our fiscal security and the Senate filibuster.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Roberts explained:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>The national debt is one of the top threats to our security, and it remains a tool for the elites of Washington, D.C., to bankrupt the American people and fund an administrative state increasingly wielding power against the citizenry. Meanwhile, the filibuster is a cornerstone of the Senate that prevents one side from seizing power and imposing their rule on the nation. Trading the filibuster for a higher national debt is an idea so bad that it could only happen in Washington.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jessica Anderson, the executive director of Heritage Action, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"6\">\n<p>Under no circumstances should members of Congress vote for a package that combines the NDAA and any vote regarding the debt ceiling. Americans deserve better.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Club for Growth said that Sens. McConnell, John Cornyn (R-TX), and Roy Blunt (R-MO) \u201csupport President Biden, Pelosi, and Schumer using a BLANK CHECK to accommodate trillions of dollars of deficit spending to finance Biden\u2019s socialist agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Club added, \u201cIn the meantime, this unprecedented action effectively allows Nancy Pelosi to gut the legislative filibuster.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.030303030303\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the meantime, this unprecedented action effectively allows Nancy Pelosi to gut the legislative filibuster. 2\/2<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Club for Growth (@club4growth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/club4growth\/status\/1468313722670227457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanMoran3\"><i>@SeanMoran3<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s (R-KY) efforts to fast-track the debt ceiling is a tactic to protect his own \u201cego,\u201d a former senior GOP aide told Breitbart News. McConnell has &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1095874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1095874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1095874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1095874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1095874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}