Because what every bomb disposal technician wishes for is a shorter clock.
Handing the President a defeat on Obamacare is so important that the Repubs will let the country sink right along with it.
Defeating Obamacare is good for the country and is in accordance with the will of the people.
No, if the government is allowed to completely reload, it could begin using the "extraordinary measures" all over again to push out any debt ceiling negotiations...
can anyone understand why the house republicans are planning on doing this?
yes, it is pretty easy to understand.
both political parties use the debt ceiling legislation as a bargaining chip and they also want to control when the chip is needed to be played. By removing extraordinary measures, they have a better idea of when we are going to reach our limits. For instance, it would hurt the democrats in the next election cycle if we are again at the tip of the debt ceiling. Democrats would use extraordinary measures to make sure this issue doesn't occur during the election season.
While I understand the concept of a debt ceiling, what is the point? We are going to reach it no matter what, why not just do away with it and stop all this non senseless bickering over it. The ceiling isn't preventing any spending from happening, all it is really doing is striking fear into the economy and being used as a bargaining chip in a game of political poker.
While I understand the concept of a debt ceiling, what is the point? We are going to reach it no matter what, why not just do away with it and stop all this non senseless bickering over it. The ceiling isn't preventing any spending from happening, all it is really doing is striking fear into the economy and being used as a bargaining chip in a game of political poker.