The two centrist troublemakers are in desperate straits back home and will use all the leverage they can muster to exploit the debt-limit crisis.
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema with some of their Republican buddies.in Washington are pretty clear: It’s a game of chicken between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democrats led by President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. But there are some vulnerabilities on both sides. Wall Street may come down on Republicans like a ton of bricks to force them to back down lest they trigger a debt default and a market meltdown.
Sinema warned in a statement for this story that “playing chicken with the full faith and credit of the United States is irresponsible” given the impacts a debt default could have on her constituents.
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