re: #113 darthstar

Johnathan Chait - always a good read if you want to understand what’s going on…

Here he is explaining that there are two crazy fucking wings within the GOP.

Holy shit…there’s a magic bullet in the compromise!

The plan includes a proposal offered by McConnell in the 2011 debt ceiling crisis that allows Congress to disapprove of the debt ceiling increase, which means lawmakers will formally vote on whether to reject a debt ceiling increase until Feb. 7. Obama can veto that legislation if it passes. If Congress fails as expected to gather a two-thirds majority to override the veto, the debt ceiling would be raised.

In other words, the GOP can rally behind their Gadsden flags and vote NO! NO! NO! all they like, but without 2/3 in both houses, debt ceiling increases will occur as necessary.