• Lindsey Graham urges Trump to tie the debt limit to border security funding
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/29/politics/lindsey-graham-debt-ceiling-border-deal-talks/index.html Washington (CNN) An influential Republican senator is urging President Donald Trump to up the ante in talks over his border wall: To push for an increase in the national debt limit as part of a legislative package to avert another government shutdown in mid-February. GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of the President, told CNN that he spoke with Trump at dinner Monday night about "what would a good deal look like" as lawmakers attempt to negotiate an agreement to stave off another government shutdown -- and floated the possibility that raising the debt limit could be part of the negotiation. Taking such a step would amount to a dramatic move by the President: He could dare Democrats to block funding for the border wall and risk sending the country into default in the process. Graham said agreeing to one big package could clear the decks of the thorny issues facing Congress in the weeks ahead. Sometime in the second half of 2019, the Treasury Department will lose the ability to borrow if Congress and the President can't agree on how to get around the cap. The current suspension of the debt ceiling, which was quietly agreed to last year, will expire on March 1. But the Treasury will be able to cover its bills at least into mid-summer by moving money around — a series of maneuvers formally designated "extraordinary measures."
Remember that thing we did that nobody liked? I bet we can make it even worse! -Lindsey Graham, probably
Can Lindsey Graham be tied to the border? Like, physically tied to a post along the border of Texas and Mexico. It'll be great border security because no one will want to come within five miles of him.
Looking forward to the Earth reversing its rotation from the positive spin these ghouls are going to put on *the government defaulting on its loans* What else can they hold hostage for a fucking wall? How fucking far are they going to go for Trump's ego? At this point, I'm expecting them to go full Bond villain and hold entire cities hostage with nukes by the end of the year.
"Hey, the President is implicated in collusion with Russia. I want some of that!" - Lindsey Graham, probably
They are literally trying to take hostage ANYTHING they can get their hands on now, are they?
Sending the entire world into depression to OWN THE LIBTARDS
These idiots already piss in their mouths to own the libs
I think most of the world is already depressed thanks to these useless stooges.
I hope he has ties to the mess mueller's investigating so he can be locked up too, perfidious shitbag that he is
Playing Chicken with the future of the United States definitely sounds the scheme of a man who loves his country.
What in the absolute fuck, is this guy insane?
I mean he's an entrenched Republican senator, so probably. https://forum.facepunch.com/pd/buqsd/Lindsey-Graham-Shutdown-won-t-end-as-long-as-the-radical-left-is-in-charge/1/ 2017, Graham says there will be "holy hell to pay" if Trump fires Jeff Sessions 2018, Trump fires Jeff Sessions, Graham does not invoke holy hell or require Trump to pay at all Graham says that Dem nominees can expect groundless rape accusations since they "did it" to Kavanaugh https://forum.facepunch.com/f/pd/bohkm/Sen-Lindsey-Graham-vows-to-block-nominations-unless-White-House-more-forthcoming-about-the-Benghazi/1/ And he said he wants to end birthright citizenship He's a real piece of work, that lad.
fucking hell lindsey really must be facing a tough reelection to go full bore crazy
The shutdown galvanized the Republicans into falling in line behind Trump even further unless they're willing to go full rebel on him -- and anyone facing reelection will not do that because the wagons have already circled.
Even a short-term default of a single day would likely produce catastrophic results. The mini-default of 1979 - temporarily delayed payments on three separate days totaling $120 million in debt - cost $6 billion per year going forward. The national debt at the time was $827 billion. Today, the national debt is about $22 trillion, or $22,000 billion. A delay of even one day's payments would cost $53 billion per year going forward if the same default risk premium jump happened. Every finance professional knows that Treasury bills are risk-free investments because the government would never be too stupid to default on purpose. If they were, we'd have bigger issues to worry about than our investment portfolios. Well, here we are, folks.
no it really didn't. they publically were praising him and gaslighting everyone but even the GOP hated what trump did, they just had been trapped by their inexperienced leadership. Mcconnell has never had this problem with a president that's incompetent and an unfriendly house, he played this completely wrong and Trump played this like a struggling poker player with a bad hand. they are never going to publically say anything to the sorts but they were fuming mad on the hill over it, more so than democrats
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