The process debate is not one of high moral ideals
Photo: Getty Images After a looming showdown over the possibility of the United States defaulting on its debt on October 18, Democrats and Republicans have seemingly come to a deal to avoid this scenario. But in true Washington fashion, the still-fragile and unfinalized agreement simply proposes to do all this again in two months.
Needless to say, the process debate is not one of high moral ideas; lacking a better term, it is a pissing match. For McConnell, it served as the latest opportunity to use Senate procedure to his advantage. But Democrats’ behavior was more unusual: They had every reason to fold and give in to the obstructionist’s procedural demands. Currently, Democrats are trying to pass a hugely ambitious legislative agenda with razor thin majorities in both chambers of Congress.
The second is a simmering resentment toward McConnell: Over a decade of confrontations, he has seemingly created new rules for his political advantage at every turn, a trend that reached an apex with his Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court for close to a full year.In a previous showdown over the debt limit under Barack Obama, the Democrat made far-reaching fiscal concessions to avoid a potential default. After, McConnell described the debt limit as a “hostage worth ransoming.
Democrats jumped on McConnell’s offer to deal with the debt in December and hailed it as a victory. “McConnell caved,” Elizabeth Warren said after meeting with her colleagues. Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow told reporters that “If we can move it to December that just gives us more time to get Build Back Better and the President’s agenda done.”
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