Olde Hornet
Well-Known Member
I am impressed that he used senate rules like Mitch.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday pulled procedural tricks out of his hat in an effort to short circuit right-wing stall tactics and rush the debt ceiling increase through the Senate.
Facing a Monday deadline, the New York Democrat started the clock ticking to a final passage within minutes after the House passed the bill to avert a national default, a move that shaves 24 hours off the potential delay time.
“The Senate will stay in session until we send a bill avoiding default to President Biden’s desk,” Schumer said Thursday. “We will keep working until the job is done.”
Schumer pulled a fast one on GOP malcontents by keeping the Senate officially in session all evening Wednesday.
Under Senate rules, that move allowed him to start the clock running toward a vote as soon as the House passed the measure in a bipartisan 314-117 vote before the clock struck midnight instead of Thursday morning.
Schumer pushes debt ceiling through Senate with sleight of hand to doom conservative delay tactics
Schumer pushes debt ceiling through Senate with sleight of hand to doom conservative delay tactics
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday pulled procedural tricks out of his hat in an effort to short circuit right-wing stall tactics and rush the debt ceiling increase through the Senate. Facing a Monday deadline, the New York Democrat started the clock ticking to a final passage within...
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Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday pulled procedural tricks out of his hat in an effort to short circuit right-wing stall tactics and rush the debt ceiling increase through the Senate.
Facing a Monday deadline, the New York Democrat started the clock ticking to a final passage within minutes after the House passed the bill to avert a national default, a move that shaves 24 hours off the potential delay time.
“The Senate will stay in session until we send a bill avoiding default to President Biden’s desk,” Schumer said Thursday. “We will keep working until the job is done.”
Schumer pulled a fast one on GOP malcontents by keeping the Senate officially in session all evening Wednesday.
Under Senate rules, that move allowed him to start the clock running toward a vote as soon as the House passed the measure in a bipartisan 314-117 vote before the clock struck midnight instead of Thursday morning.