The U.S. Senate, the world's greatest debilitative body, is living up to its reputation over the debt ceiling. This weekend will feature a 1 a.m. vote. The Senate is useless. No, hold it, the Senate has a use. When I think of the Senate, I then usually have to take a shit. The U.S. Senate, it's a damn good laxative. Try it, but be careful, it you imagine Mitch McConnell, you'll get instant diarrhea.
Back-channel talks held the best hope for a compromise. Unless Congress raises the debt ceiling, the government would be barred from further borrowing after Tuesday, according to the Treasury, and could quickly run out of money to pay all its bills.McConnell called on Reid to move up a vote that had been set for 1 a.m. EDT on Sunday so the two sides could begin talks with the White House.
“We can’t do it by ourselves, it has to have the only person in America who can sign something into law,” McConnell said.”
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