{"id":846534,"date":"2021-10-04T19:44:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T23:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=846534"},"modified":"2021-10-04T19:44:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T23:44:26","slug":"mcconnell-democrats-want-a-bipartisan-shortcut-to-get-back-to-more-partisan-hardball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-democrats-want-a-bipartisan-shortcut-to-get-back-to-more-partisan-hardball\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell: Democrats \u2018Want A Bipartisan Shortcut\u2019 To Get Back To \u2018More Partisan Hardball\u2019"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fmcconnell-democrats-want-a-bipartisan-shortcut-to-get-back-to-more-partisan-hardball%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=846534&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\/10\/B6ABE80C-AE9F-4881-BB8B-77CDAF006F99_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">During remarks from the Senate floor on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) pushed back against the notion that Republicans are to blame for the current state of gridlock in Washington, D.C.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1445128088841502724\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>, in part, \u201cDemocrats could not be more capable of handling this on their own. Just months ago, the Democratic Leader won new powers to reuse reconciliation over and over. They don\u2019t even need our consent to set a vote at 51 instead of 60. They need even less help raising the debt limit than majorities needed in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSo, trust me, Madame President, if Republicans were sitting on a hidden veto power to stop reconciliation bills, you would have heard about it way back in the springtime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe majority doesn\u2019t need our votes. They just want a\u2026 bipartisan shortcut around procedural hurdles they can actually clear on their own. And they want that shortcut so they can pivot right back to partisan spending as fast as possible,\u201d he added.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThey want a bipartisan shortcut to get right back to more partisan hardball,\u201d McConnell noted. \u201cAnd Republicans have spent two and a half months \u2014 this is no surprise \u2014 two and a half months ago, explaining that this is the way they needed to go forward on the debt ceiling. This unified Democratic government is having trouble governing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He said, \u201cThey couldn\u2019t even pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill which the president negotiated and the Speaker of the House promised would pass last week.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe majority needs to stop sleepwalking toward yet another preventable crisis. Democrats need to tackle the debt limit. We gave them a roadmap and three months\u2019 notice. I suggest that our colleagues get moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.0808080808081\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeaderMcConnell<\/a>: &#8220;The majority needs to stop sleepwalking toward yet another preventable crisis. Democrats need to tackle the debt limit. We gave them a roadmap and three months&#8217; notice. I suggest that our colleagues get moving.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YRvgGrNLpo\">pic.twitter.com\/YRvgGrNLpo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hill (@thehill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1445128088841502724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mcconnell-to-biden-on-debt-ceiling-were-doing-what-you-used-to-do-democrats-had-3-months-to-fix-this\">reported<\/a> by The Daily Wire, McConnell also \u201crefuted Democrats\u2019 claims in a letter on Monday to President Joe Biden that Republicans were responsible for the ongoing debt ceiling problem, noting that Senate Republicans have warned their Democratic counterparts for months that they will need to raise the debt ceiling on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On the other side of the aisle, Democrats have been strategizing on how to come together as a party in order to pass elements of President Biden\u2019s agenda.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/schumer-gives-democrats-deadline-on-biden-agenda-bills-debt-ceiling\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> by The Daily Wire, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wrote a letter to Democrats on Monday in which he laid out a schedule for passing the current bills being debated in Congress, and raising the debt ceiling. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLet me be clear about the task ahead of us: we must get a bill to the President\u2019s desk dealing with the debt limit by the end of the week. Period,\u201d Schumer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/finance\/575137-schumer-congress-needs-to-raise-debt-ceiling-by-end-of-the-week\"><span class=\"s1\">wrote<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;in the letter.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe do not have the luxury of waiting until October 18th, as it is our responsibility to re-assure the world that the United States meets our obligations in a timely fashion and that the full faith and credit of the United States should never be in question. The consequences of even approaching the X date could be disastrous for our economy and devastating to American families,\u201d Schumer added.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Schumer also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/10\/04\/schumer-aims-to-pass-biden-infrastructure-build-back-better-plans-in-october.html\"><span class=\"s1\">reportedly<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;pushed to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the massive social policy legislation by the end of October.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe can get this done, together, if we put aside our differences and find the common ground within our party. It will require sacrifice,\u201d Schumer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/finance\/575137-schumer-congress-needs-to-raise-debt-ceiling-by-end-of-the-week\"><span class=\"s1\">wrote<\/span><\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cNot every member will get everything he or she wanted. But at the end of the day, we will pass legislation that will dramatically improve the lives of the American people. I believe we are going to do just that in the month of October,\u201d he added.<b>&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The leader also said he wanted to get to a final deal \u201cwithin a matter of days, not weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During remarks from the Senate floor on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) pushed back against the notion that Republicans are to blame for the current state of gridlock &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-846534","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\/846534","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846534\/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=846534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}