Pelosi Suggests Debt Limit Deal Is Close

[comradebillyboy]

“Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested tonight that she and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin may be within striking distance of a two-year agreement to avoid billions in automatic spending cuts and a calamitous default on the nation’s debt,” Politico reports.

Said Pelosi: “We have a clear understanding of what we want to agree to and I think that’s progress.”

https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/16/pelosi-suggests-debt-limit-deal-is-close/

It's not very romantic but it's a really big victory for Pelosi and the House Democrats.

[kimbutgar]

1. Until fat donnie vetoes it as political payback for Speaker Pelosi calling him a racist.

[marylandblue]

4. He won't veto it. Mnuchin would punch him in the face first.

Pence would threaten him with the 25th Amendment. McConnell would announce his support for impeachment.
Ivanka would spank him.

[uponit7771]

8. Red Don wants the last one so .... yeah, he'll veto ... he's that stupid.

[marylandblue]

11. He maybe that stupid, but he is not that brave.

When they tell him what it will do to his election chances and his investments, he will sign it.

[uponit7771]

12. +1, 100% agree .. he's a punk

[DarthDem]

2. Excellent

This is huge, especially if the Democrats get what they're demanding or something close to it, including "$22 billion over the next two fiscal years for veterans health care." Now that would be a nice victory for the nation's veterans.

[clementine613]

3. You don't negotiate with terrorists

n/t

[marylandblue]

5. You don't default on the debt.

[clementine613]

6. You mean partnering with terrorists is okay...

... if it saves a few bucks?

[marylandblue]

9. I mean partnering with the Treasury Secretary is required if you don't want

the biggest financial crisis in world history.

[comradebillyboy]

7. Maybe the idea of default and budget chaos appeals to you

but anarchy and financial disruptions are not good for anyone.

[Blue_true]

10. Oh how melodramatic!!!!

Let's see what was negotiated before jumping off the deep end. Negotiation was how our government functioned since it's founding until 1995, when Newt set about the "my way or the highway" approach to legislating for the Republican Party.