McConnell's approach on the debt ceiling crisis has taken a dangerous turn. (via MaddowBlog)
The arithmetic, of course, reinforces the scope of the problem: If there’s going to be a legislative solution, it will need the support of both the GOP-led House and the Democratic-led Senate. In the upper chamber, however, any bill will need at least 60 votes to advance.
The Senate Democratic conference has 51 members, which means at least nine Republicans will have to support the at-this-point-entirely-hypothetical legislation. Lee’s letter is intended to make clear that those votes will be a problem: The Senate Republican conference has 49 members, 43 of whom have now said, in writing, that they’ll oppose any solution that lacks “substantive spending and budget reforms.
For now, let’s put aside the fact that many of the GOP senators who signed the letter voted for massive bills during Republican presidencies that added trillions to the national debt. While we’re at it, let’s also temporarily overlook the fact that many of these GOP senators also had no qualms about voting for clean debt ceiling bills during Republican administrations without so much as a hint of “substantive spending and budget reforms.
Let’s also not dwell on the fact that if these Republican senators were serious about “substantive spending and budget reforms,” they could simply write legislation in pursuit of their goals, sticking to their own country’s legislative system, without threatening Americans with deliberate economic harm.
Let’s instead stress a more immediate problem: As the so-called “x-date” draws closer, Republicans are moving further away from a responsible solution, and closer to pushing the United States toward a default.that cooler heads will ultimately prevail, and the relevant players will somehow work something out before it’s too late. I wish I could believe that, but all of the evidence keeps pointing in the opposite direction.
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