We would have defaulted no thanks to Biden

[robocop (actually)]

Friday of last month we were told the debt could default on June 1.

They came up with a deal that day. They printed it the next. The house had to have 72 hours to look at it. The house voted in one day. The senate voted in one day, without sending it back to the house. It takes at least one day to get it to the president.

So we would have defaulted if the deadline hadn't been pushed until June 5.

No thank you Brandon.

 

[Left Coast]

Friday of last month we were told the debt could default on June 1.

They came up with a deal that day. They printed it the next. The house had to have 72 hours to look at it. The house voted in one day. The senate voted in one day, without sending it back to the house. It takes at least one day to get it to the president.

So we would have defaulted if the deadline hadn't been pushed until June 5.

No thank you Brandon.

Why is this all Biden's fault, exactly?

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Why is this all Biden's fault, exactly?

Because he's not a Republican parrot, obviously!

 

[robocop (actually)]

OK first of all I'm not a Republican parrot. I am centrist and this bill was good in the good ways of each party. I think Biden has done a great job over all.

Second, McCarthy asked Biden to speak with him sooner and he wouldn't.

 

[Left Coast]

Second, McCarthy asked Biden to speak with him sooner and he wouldn't.

Who told you that? And what difference did it make?

ETA: Presidents have schedules.

 

[robocop (actually)]

Because he's not a Republican parrot, obviously!

Because a bipartisan deal was better and Biden waited dangerously too long to get it going.

 

[Wandering Monk]

Because a bipartisan deal was better and Biden waited dangerously too long to get it going.

So the president is supposed to initiate discussions on the Federal budget? The budget is Congress's responsibility.

 

[robocop (actually)]

So the president is supposed to initiate discussions on the Federal budget? The budget is Congress's responsibility.

Well, they had to work out a deal that would pass. Joe Biden is good at bipartisan negotiation, I'm just saying he risked waiting dangerously too long in what actually happened.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Well, they had to work out a deal that would pass. Joe Biden is good at bipartisan negotiation, I'm just saying he risked waiting dangerously too long in what actually happened.

And I say that Republicans were trying to take the economy, through the "full faith of credit of the US," hostage in an effort to get their way on too much, given that the White House and Senate are Democratic, and the House is just a tiny bit Republican.

The problem with hostage-taking, however, is that if you are unwilling to pull the threatened trigger, it fails as a tactic.

 

[robocop (actually)]

And I say that Republicans were trying to take the economy, through the "full faith of credit of the US," hostage in an effort to get their way on too much, given that the White House and Senate are Democratic, and the House is just a tiny bit Republican.

The problem with hostage-taking, however, is that if you are unwilling to pull the threatened trigger, it fails as a tactic.

Alright, I agree with you there enough.

 

[Twilight Hue]

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ETA: Presidents have schedules.

Nice sense of priority if that's the case.