Panel: If McConnell takes over debt ceiling negotiations, McCarthy might face a ‘revolt’
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- Опубликовано: 30 апр 2023
- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell may be a key player in the debt ceiling negotiations. Peter Baker, Juanita Tolliver and Brendan Buck join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to discuss the standoff between President Biden and Speaker McCarthy over the debt ceiling, abortion politics and the 2024 elections.
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No, the debt ceiling should not be used in this manner. McCarthy’s tactic is wrong. HE will own a default.
His master's will not allow it.
There's a Constitutional Amendment that says the Debt Limit cannot be negotiated. The negotiating goes on during the budget process. They all voted during Trump to pay these bills he already incurred.
It took 15 rounds of voting to get McCarthy as speaker and now we are surprised the Republicans are going to default our economy
He is so stupid it took him that long to bribe everyone
Democrats would only require a handful of republicans to pass the debt ceiling. If they get McCarthy to agree they will have enough votes. The only issue is that the mega republicans can always threaten to remove McCarthy from his position as speaker. So he listens to them.
I'm surprised they got any debt limit bill passed. No telling what McCarthy sacrificed to accomplish that bare minimum.
Mccarthy...what a guy! Hahaha...
He's really not in control...he's following orders
No negotiations on debt limits!! Ever!! This debt was allocated already.
the bill to rise the debt limit has only been clean but now that reps have some power they say F the people let's do what our donors want over the people
The Republicans are trying to make it look like the dems are responsible for the default. If they default.
To present this as a both sides issue is nonsense. There’s a clear right and wrong here. It’s wrong not to raise the debt limit and pay what’s due. The budget should be an entirely separate debate. For Baker and Buck to argue who looks better politically is off the rails..
Extreme MAGA Republicans have had enough of Democrats Intentional Inflationary Policies & Spending that has DEVASTATED the less fortunate with Ridiculous Food Price Hikes.
It is separate, but the House, consisting of Bo-bo , MTGarbage, Molester Gaetz, Weak-knees McCarthy, and all don't know anything about the topic and don't care unless there's a camera around.
I dont care how political they wanna make this, eliminating SNAP, medicaid, teachers, and everything effecting poor folk is not negociable.
The debt limit is a misnomer, it is simply paying the bills that everyone agreed (in advance) to incur.
It's like a husband-and-wife agreeing to buy a car and then the wife deciding not to make the payment.
or the husband deciding not to make the payment?
@@josedelatorre2569 either way.
@@1Kent agreed
I am a dem, but you are completely wrong about what the debt ceiling is. There is no equivelent in a household.
Why is it a misnomer? Kinda makes a lotta sense to me.
In your car example, you have a bill for a car that is going unpaid (a debt) and you can only legally incur a certain amount (a limit or ceiling) of such unpaid bills. You then have a debt limit/ceiling - if you incur any more debt in excess of this limit, you get punished.
Section 4 of the 14th Amendment is clear about American, "validity of the public debt shall not be questioned."
Seems like everybody still listens to Warren Buffett who is like 86 and Charlie Munger who is 96. I'd rather have Joe Biden who's got the experience of government I can speak a coherent sentence unlike Trump who Cox and word salad and has absolutely no factual information behind what he says.
They passed debt ceiling 3 times THREE TIMES!
yes, much like everything else, dollar value changes over time.
it’s not going to be the same amount every time.
For Trump. It has to be passed every year.
Trump is the biggest spender to date...added $7.8TRILLION to debt..a 25% increase of overall debt.
That's a fact.
Only ONE of the 3 Trump debt ceiling bills were tied to cuts in spending. That bill called for cuts and the cuts would not start till 2027. So Trump and the GOP passed 2 clean debt ceiling measures. I think Mr. Buck was a little confused when he said all 3 were tied to cuts when they really were not. Only 1 was tied to spending cuts. Look it up!
FACT TRUTHHHH GOP ALWAYSSSS LEAVE USA IN DEBT MCCONNEL EGO 1ST HIS SC IS FAILINGGGG SAME GOP FAILINGGGGG DESTROY SC DESTROY USA
Thank you for that info. When he said that at 2:13 I made a comment wondering why he said that they weren't clean, but not saying what they were attached to. Of course I will look into it a little more.
Trump plays a fool with Biden with all this debt ceiling drama
Anything in 2027 will be whoever is president. Trump added $7.8TRILLION ..
look THAT UP.
Buck says the recent limit raises under Trump were "attached to something". Really? What?
I don't agree with Buck either.
Trumps and his associate well-being 😂
Not true, but oh well.
Just research it..(I don't know the details of it...just being fair and square)
They raised it for orangeman 3 times without a problem.
Spent like a drunken sailor.
Because the orangeman was the one spending the money and not for anything that benefits the country.
Let's not overcomplicate this
Republicans passed a 2 trillion tax break for billionaires
and corporations. And now they are refusing to pay for it.
If McConnell takes over A) nothing will get done, ever or B) he's figured out a way to profit personally from it or C) He thinks it will get him back in the big seat (where he can accomplish A & B.)
I'll take B for he found a way to profit from us because he'll get paid by his overlords.
Funny how even when the senate is democrat controlled, these retardicans seem to be the ones in power.
McConnell will search for a political victory instead of doing what's best for the country. We've already experienced several years of that.
Know your history. McConnell and Biden have a history of working well together and getting the job done.
Only thing Replublicans can do is to crook the people of the USA out of there money. all them Replublicans needs to go to work for the Demorcrats .cleaning the bath rooms for Demorcrats.that way the Replublicans mite get something done
President Biden needs to get a clean debt ceiling!
when the republicans say they want to talk about it, they mean lie and tell people what they want to hear. many Americans have a short attention span. scotus picks said roe v. wade won't be overturned and the first chance they got, they overturned it.
yeah, we kinda noticed that an oath to office means nothing in this country anymore - we, the little people, serve the government, not the other way around.
Dear MyKevin, Trump increased the national debt by over 30%. This is the biggest debt increase in America's history. This included the huge tax break for the richest Americans as well.
To be fair...he increased overall debt 25%.
You can't negotiate when it comes to safety net programs.
They spent only a few seconds on what is actually in the debt ceiling bill and how it is actually going to impact ordinary Americans. This shows how out of touch these people really are from ordinary Americans
The debt ceiling bill is something called a messaging bill. No one expects it to be signed into law.
So that bill will have no impact on normal people's lives because it will never become law.
A messaging bill is passed so that politicians can go home to their constituents and brag about it. Like when House Republicans voted on the resolution to condemn socialism or the bill to defund the IRS.
@@AnthonyEllis_Aubullshit it's paying off the debts of the government
It just raises the Debt Limit, there's nothing else in it.
@@dominoep - Items attached to the House Republican debt limit bill: Defund the IRS by $71 billion, halt White House student debt relief, repeal tax breaks for renewable energy, increase work requirements for able bodied adults under 50 who receive SNAP or Medicaid*, decrease permitting restrictions on fossil fuel production, recover all unobligated pandemic funding from state governments, mandatory budget cuts to all government agencies (except for defense agencies) regardless of whether they're needed or not.
McConnell Plays the Long Game and takes no prisoners
McCarthy has No Game, and is a Prisoner
Spending limits should be discussed durring the budget negotiations, not afterwards when the budget has been spent & it's time to pay the bills.
Yes, they already agreed to pay these debts at the time Trump made them.
Nicky Hayley what a waste of space😂
As for abortion, the GOP isn't interested in letting the people of their states decide this question. When abortion is put to a state wide vote, it loses. Anti-abortion groups and GOP politicians are out of touch with the rest of the nation.
What a sad political system the Americans have.
What are you talking about? We have the most expensive political system money can buy!
Very sad.
Not sad just totally corrupt
McCarthy can't be the negotiating partner because he doesn't have the ability to make good on any promise he makes. And honestly the threat of him loosing his speakership is so omnipresent that you have to wonder how much bit it still has.
every time the GOP held up the budget. they would let mitch do a deal. and he would end up with a billion more dollars for the GOP pork as he is fighting to bring down the budget. sweet deal. they load up the budget but get credit for fighting bloated budgets.
In Dobbs, the people should decide? That would call for a referendum, wouldn't it?
I wanna know what's not clean about the previous 3 bills.
As others, including LBJ have demonstrated, any VP is always a heartbeat away from the Presidency. Rupert Murdoch is 92 and he's still going strong enough for to have fired Tucker Carlson :-)
And strong to have ...
Simple solution...remember that Democrats will vote for a reasonable debt ceiling bill...put forward a good faith, bipartisan bill and leave the political posturing out...
As an American Citizen, I would prompt NO SPENDING whatsoever until the Nations debt is back to $0 - that would take less than a decade under current taxes - that means no needless wars for 10 years, no giving away countless billions to ally countries for no reason for 10 years, and all money is ONLY spent here in America on American citizens - cut down the Military spending by -90% of its current outrageous budget and stop wasteful lawsuits and infighting between parties, abolish them and establish a parliament that is ONE BODY that works for the good of the nation rather than loyalty to a party. That means 10 years of NOT bailing out banks and failed corporations, and holding their multi-million CEO's accountable for their conduct. Sure, the country will erupt into chaos, but we will be better for it a half-generation from now.
@@peterlongprong7521 You say you're an American citizen but sound like you live in 'La La Land.'
@@sinjersable ...which perfectly describes America in this day and age... so what's your point?
well i guess kevin is real proud of himself i bet hes really admireing himself in front of a mirror every chance he gets
Experience matters, Nikki Haley ain't got none.
14th Amendment, Section 4: “The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned,”
That's it...word for word.👍
Established in 1868...done because (of all things!) insurrectionists of that era wanted to shut the federal government down.
So ironic!
Anyone as VP is better than having McCarthy 3rd in line. Voters for Democracy should wake up and get to work, trying to secure a democratic country. As for being satisfied with Kamala...how many politicians in either party are voters satisfied with ?
2:13
He says they weren't clean, but doesn't say what they were attached to. So what were they attached to?
Ms. Welker, ask better questions. You are a journalist‼️ Been one for a long time.... Think with your brains. Not your politics.
Well, if McCarthy gets his way he may rethink moving back to his district. Once the cuts start for SNAP, SSI. MEDICARE, VA benefits. Oakland going to turn into another Mad Max movie.
His district is Bakersfield, CA.
This is why its pointless to bring Republicans on to these kinds of shows. Everyone there, including Buck, knows he is lying about the previous debt ceiling raises not being clean.
Kevin shouldn’t make any demands for debt ceiling. Joe Biden and democrats should just do clean slate with debt ceiling without any of Republicans voting on it.
What a load of crap!
Debt limits should ALWAYS be clean because the stuff has already been bought. They just don't want to pay the creditcard bill after they bought their big screen TVs and their $10 lattes.
NOTHING the House goons passed will fly, and it will cost Kevin the gavel.
What did Buck smoke before the cameras rolled?
It's for the voters to decide, yet bills get into law behind closed doors.
Declare the entire idea of a debt limit to be unconstitutional under the 14th amendment and carry on. Let those who object take it to court.
McConnel needs to get out.
He also needs to be investigated.
If elected DJT will be 84 in his last year so to question one’s age without the others is disingenuous.
Why do they need to negotiate if they default the economy suffers if they agree to cuts the economy suffers so either way a negotiation is bad for the economy
This take on negotiations are completely skewered. Biden is right & he should stick. There is no "2 sides." We are tired of Republicans.
DEFAULT=THE COUP SUCCEEDS
The GOP STARTED this “standoff” by the position they chose to take on the debt ceiling!
When did maga McCarthy try to resolve issues to begin with instead of issuing ultimatums?
Can the debt ceiling be raised year after year till it will reach Mars or beyond?
Does it seem strange that an illegal immigrant was allowed to shoot an ar15 in his yard. Alot of American people don't even have a place to live while that is going on .
Wow! That's wishful...😂
Asia think that how the 1st world country the US will pay off its own debt ?
Yellen now says we may be out of funding by June 1, one month away. These folks are talking about negotiating an agreement between two parties (and even more factions) that are far, far apart and neither side is signaling a willingness to compromise yet. In one month? Good luck.
You say that like it's an equivalency of stubborn groups. You cannot strip vulnerable people of their assistance and expect to sleep safely in your mansion.
Remember how well armed people are.
Don’t negotiate with terrorists!
OK DONORS time to put the pressure on your beloved GOP!
Cut republican priorities like crazy.
Exceptions require a woman to be physically violated first.
Or the woman is bleeding to death after the structure ruptures - usually in one of fallopian tubes - in an ectopic pregnancy or is near death from spepsis.
Excuse Me, But Neither Moscow Mitch or Keven McClownthy are going to win this one.
I cant deal watching Juanita talk, her teeth are blinding. I know it's silly to feel that way, but to me its like fingernails on a blackboard
The voice Will 🗣️. Let wait and SEE 2 MUCH Bull💩
Pay your debt first, then Joe will come to the table.
When has a Vice President risen to the occasion 😭😭😭
Harry Truman in 1945 springs to mind.
What in the world didKamala Harris do to make people hate her. For goodness sake, who ever sees the Vice President ever. They are always in the background. Doing the dirty jobs the president doesn’t want to do. Give her a break
6:27 - That guy is a Republican?
She should talk she so old she remembers Moses
Political games as usual.
Don’t tell me old Moscow Mitch might try to save the day, that’s as weird as Pence saving our Democratic Republic for at least the time being
Good reporting. Go Democrats.
I'd like to see the 14th Amendment argument for making whether or not congress passes a debt ceiling bill irrelevant addressed in these discussions.
that is a lot of hair😂
I am in love wet her hear.
Sorry to say it, but Harris doesn't have the likability factor and will cost Biden votes.
Time for democrats to get ahead of the game…it’s not like you are dealing with a bunch of genius here…you all need a new aproach…the days of courtesy are gone..now we need scrappers and sneaks…time to blacken some red eyes and knock off some red hats…
Increasingly, being honest with ourselves, "life" means our own since the one we can refer to and "mind" our own as well for the same reason. Making odd inside when Democracy is being discussed. Why "odd"? Doesn't fit in the idea we have of Democracy? What's wrong then? Where's "odd"?
All of these individuals must work, go to college or get a trade. It worked for us and our children and will work for them. Instead of food stamps , churches can own their own restaurants and child care facilities. They also can have their own elderly care businesses, therefore, keeping the elderly in their homes, with hand up investment incentives. It is time to stop allowing this idleness in America, by establishing mom and pops, along with home based businesses.
they did, and a little thing like an orchestrated pandemic swept all that into the gutter, or did you forget that?
Christian Weller you need to learn how to fairly deliver the news. You are lopsided. I never hear you criticize the democrats.
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The BACK DOOR for these negotiations is agreement between McCarthy and Biden for CLEAN debt ceiling bill....if Biden will agree to *NOT PROSECUTE TRUMP* or any of his confederates in Congress.
No way. Absolutely not.
Fembot
gorgeous babes.
Man I appreciate the $100 billion of our tax dollars being sent to Ukraine, the open borders, and the rising gas and food prices… thanks democrats for everything😁👍
...so moronic...
Frankly, when Trump was President and the Primaries for the Democrats basically came down to Biden versus Sanders, I was of the opinion that no matter which one you wanted, you were picking them for their Vice President to take over for them. I'm honestly shocked that all three men are even still alive.
Imagine having an irresponsible teenager with their first Credit card - and they overspend their limit, but instead of making them be accountable by making them keep within their budget and paying off their debts - you just raise their spending limit time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time after time ...until the entire nation is spent into the ground.
Far too simplistic Peter, it's more like two roomates agree to a budget. Then, after 6 months, they've spent the budget plus 10%, because both roomates wanted a dishwasher ... so now they have to re-decide, do we pay off that increased debt that we both agreed on, or do we default. That's it in a nutshell.
If you want to take it a bit further, and make it American, the Dems had a good budget, which included gets N dollars from the wealthy, and it is balanced. Then the Rump, with maga Reps, cut the yearly income by awarding mega-cuts to the wealthy classes who didn't need it. Oh oh, there goes the balanced budget. So Kevin comes along, and says, why take those tax dollars back off of the ultra wealthy, when we can cut social programs and old age programs to the poor and working classes ... there, I balanced the buget again. (I hope you're paying attention Peter.)
How many Americans buy a new house for cash? How many go into hock for 30-35 years and pay much higher interest rates than the US gov't has been paying, on the hopes, no guarantee, mind you, that they will have a job that allows them to keep paying off the house for those 30-35 years? Is that not irresponsible? And then, horrors! They buy a new car on credit too. And then! More horrors! A medical emergency comes up and they have to pay that medical bill off in bits and pieces or sell the house. What would happen to the economy if American families didn't do exactly what the government does?
You apparently think the credit card limit is something that comes from God. Why should a company that doesn't actually know the credit card applicant be allowed to let its computer determine anyone's credit limit, a limit set to ensure the company will prosper? But if you give the lender the right to do that, then for the decades that the right wing has claimed to be deficit hawks (only while Dems are in the White House or control Congress), you must give the lenders the right to determine the government's debt limit, not the Congress. At the point at which the rest of the world ceases to rush to buy US debt but is reluctant without continued increases in the interest rate (which still implies that they trust the US gov't to live up to the contract it agreed to with the lender) to acquire it, you will have an argument.
If Republicans do not allow the debt ceiling to increase, we will see interest rates on gov't debt skyrocket and Republicans will blame Biden and Democrats (as they always do) for a problem the Republicans created, in large part with the $8,000,000,000,000 in national debt they agreed to while Trump was president and the trillions Dubya ran up for his unnecessary war and tax cuts, neither of which produced the desired outcome. Anyone see trillions coming into the US Treasury from Iraqi oil, as we were promised?
Your comment starts with the loaded word _irresponsible_ , which you do not define in terms of the US gov't because that would require you to list the "irresponsible" expenditures that benefit the American people and "irresponsible" tax cuts that benefit the few, who already have so much money that they waste it on yachts and yet another penthouse. Exactly what are those "irresponsible" purchases the US government has made? A $3,000,000,000 aircraft carrier? Well, list that, and see how far you get with a Republican House to cut that.
Your premise is that money is the most important thing in the world, the most important possession a person or a nation can have. Why do you accept that premise?
@@gnirolnamlerf593 no - money means nothing without responsible character - and a Government is nothing if it doesn't put the well-being of its own citizens first. this nation is broken beyond repair.
The states need to let voters decide Republicans wont do that because they know they will lose.
Buck
Is the definition of a ray.
What's a ray?