{"id":806229,"date":"2021-09-23T13:29:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T17:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=806229"},"modified":"2021-09-23T13:29:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T17:29:11","slug":"schumer-tries-intimidating-gop-on-raising-debt-ceiling-mcconnell-fires-back-your-party-line-authors-will-be-the-party-line-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-tries-intimidating-gop-on-raising-debt-ceiling-mcconnell-fires-back-your-party-line-authors-will-be-the-party-line-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer Tries Intimidating GOP On Raising Debt Ceiling. McConnell Fires Back, Your \u2018Party Line Authors\u2019 Will Be The \u2018Party Line Owners\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/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%2Fschumer-tries-intimidating-gop-on-raising-debt-ceiling-mcconnell-fires-back-your-party-line-authors-will-be-the-party-line-owners%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=806229&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\/09\/pjimage-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Thursday, in an attempt to intimidate Republicans into voting for the continuing resolution advanced by the House which would suspend the debt ceiling until 2022, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who desperately wants the GOP to support such a move so the Democrats are not solely on the hook for it, threatened that if the GOP does not and the federal government defaults, \u201cthe American people will see exactly who is responsible for throwing our country into crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That elicited a stinging rebuke from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who snapped, \u201cWe have a unified Democrat government that has decided to govern alone. They cannot put partisan ambitions ahead of basic duties. The party-line authors of this reckless taxing and spending spree will be the party-line owners of raising the debt limit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schumer lectured, \u201cSenate Democrats have said repeatedly that they are all for avoiding a government shutdown; they have said repeatedly that the debt ceiling must be raised. So I want to offer a novel suggestion: If Republicans want to avoid default, then they should vote yes. If Republicans want to keep the government open, they should vote yes. But incredibly, leader McConnell, spinning a tale or web of subterfuge, deception, or outright contradictions, has said that he is going to vote no and he urges Republicans to vote no. This is Alice in Wonderland logic. Republicans claim to oppose a default, but they\u2019re saying they\u2019re going to vote for one anyway. They say they oppose a government shutdown but they\u2019ll vote for one anyway \u2026 If they vote no, the Republican Party will be solidifying itself as the party of default. \u2026 If Republicans votes favor a shutdown and default, the American people will see exactly who is responsible for throwing our country into crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans are shining a spotlight on the reckless taxing and spending spree the Washington Democrats are writing behind closed doors,\u201d McConnell fired back. \u201cThe radical Left is pushing in all their chips; they want to use this terrible but temporary pandemic as a Trojan horse for permanent socialism. And President Biden, who ran as a \u2018unifying moderate,\u2019 is either powerless to stop them or does not wish to. An avalanche of crushing tax hikes that would hurt families and help China. A government power grab over more of Americans\u2019 healthcare decisions, childcare choices, family finances and daily lives. Trillions upon trillions more of government spending when families are already facing inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of this of course will get a single Republican vote in either chamber,\u201d he predicted. \u201cDemocrats have not even consulted us; they haven\u2019t tried to earn our vote. From the start they planned to use a party-line fast-track policy to ram through the Senate this version of their vision of America. \u2026 This could not be simpler: If they want to tax, borrow and spend historic sums of money without our input they\u2019ll have to raise the debt limit without our help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been saying this very clearly since July and I think our Democratic colleagues are finally getting the message because now they\u2019re fumbling for bogus excuses,\u201d McConnell charged. \u201cThey remain confident they can spend trillions of dollars to remake the entire economy in a couple weeks, but supposedly they just cannot clear this much smaller procedural hurdle without Republican help. Really? Give me a break.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have every procedural tool they need to promptly advance a separate, stand-alone piece of legislation addressing the debt limit without a single Republican vote,\u201d he pointed out. \u201cIt is laughable to hear some Democrats claiming they simply don\u2019t have enough time. \u2026 The Democratic chairman of the House Budget committee admitted last weekend that Democrats could tackle the debt limit alone; they just don\u2019t want to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenate Democrats know what they need to do: Let me lay it out,\u201d he asserted. \u201cThey will need to write a short resolution amending their previous budget resolution with new debt limit instructions. They\u2019ll take that new budget committee, which will probably deadlock, so they\u2019ll vote to discharge it, like they\u2019ve done for other bills and nominations. Then a vote to proceed on the floor a limited voterama and a vote on final passage. And then, once the budget has been amended, House and Senate Democrats will use the same fast-track process on a short and simple bill to actually raise the debt limit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand our Democratic colleagues may feel inconvenienced by this,\u201d he stated. \u201cI understand this may slightly delay their partisan bill. But that\u2019s a complaint, not an excuse. We have a unified Democrat government that has decided to govern alone. They cannot put partisan ambitions ahead of basic duties. The party-line authors of this reckless taxing and spending spree will be the party-line owners of raising the debt limit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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