{"id":798139,"date":"2021-09-21T10:44:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=798139"},"modified":"2021-09-21T10:44:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:44:20","slug":"sen-mcconnell-vows-no-republican-support-to-raise-debt-ceiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-mcconnell-vows-no-republican-support-to-raise-debt-ceiling\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. McConnell vows no Republican support to raise debt ceiling"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fsen-mcconnell-vows-no-republican-support-to-raise-debt-ceiling%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=798139&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 id=\"attachment_2526085\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2526085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Sept. 14, 2021 photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. McConnell has warned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen he is not budging on his demand that Democrats go it alone on the federal debt limit, deepening the emerging standoff in Congress over how to boost the government\u2019s borrowing authority. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:31 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, September 21, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Senate Republicans told Democrats if they wish to raise the debt ceiling, they will have do so in purely partisan fashion. Federal government funds will run out by the end of this month if Congress fails to agree on a federal budget.<\/p>\n<p>This impending financial cliff has triggered House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to call for the debt ceiling to be raised. However, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has made it clear no Republican in the upper chamber will support the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t about the past., it\u2019s about the future,\u201d said McConnell. \u201cAnd Democrats want to build a partisan future without our input, so Democrats will not get bipartisan facilitators for their purely partisan spending binge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government would not be able to fulfill its financial obligations without taking on more debt. Schumer called the actions of McConnell and Senate Republicans \u201cirresponsible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think the whole country, including many very conservative elements in the business and finance communities, will be appalled if we get so close to the deadline that Leader McConnell is risking the full faith and credit of the country,\u201d said the New York Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>Despite almost no Republican support in the Senate, the Democrat majority has the tools to push the legislation through. Raising the debt ceiling would normally require 60 votes, meaning 10 Republican senators would need to cross party lines.<\/p>\n<p>However, putting the bill under \u201cbudget reconciliation\u201d would only require a simple majority for it to pass. The decision to stonewall the bill is less about stopping it and more about principle for the minority leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democratic chairman of the House Budget Committee admitted just yesterday, we can do it through reconciliation, but leadership has said they don\u2019t want to do that, end quote,\u201d stated McConnell. \u201cOne party controls the entire government. They have the power to address this alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. currently has a debt ceiling for $28.5 trillion. That ceiling must be raised by October 1 in order for the U.S. government to continue paying upon its financial obligations uninterrupted.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/pompeo-on-afghanistan-a-debacle-that-didnt-have-to-be\/\">Pompeo On Afghanistan: A Debacle That Didn\u2019t Have To Be<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Sept. 14, 2021 photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington. 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