Congress GOP leaders are in a huge pickle because they are comparing how to deal with the approaching deadline to raise the maximum of debt.
President Trump has pressed the Republican members so that the Democratic Party does not allow the Democratic Party to use the borrowing restrictions as leverage points. However, the Finance Hawks of the Republican Conference may be unable to restrict the party and debt. And there is no clear way to gain democratic support for raising debt restrictions without important concessions.
The latest ideas thrown by Republican members are combined with ordinary government financing and wildfire assistance, hoping wildfire assistance will be seduced enough Democratic members to compensate for the opposition from the GOP Finance Hawks. Including the increase in debt restrictions in the package. This happens after the first plan to include the increase in the debt limit in the budget adjustment bill for the party and the line, including Trump's ambitious agenda.
“There are many ideas on the table we are talking about,” said Johnson on Thursday, or is the leader dealing with debt restrictions through reconciliation or attaching it to a wildfire assistance. When asked if he was asked, he told Hill. “We will take all the Republican members of Florida next week to a large hideout and determine all of these decisions.”
However, on Thursday, the Democratic Party, Hakeem Jeffries (DN.Y.), who was asked if the Democratic Party could support the increase in debt maximum, which was attached to the California's Sanshin Support, said, “It is a non -starter. That's it. “
Some GOP members are worried that leadership is not clarifying the debt restriction strategy.
Republican leaders must immediately call for play. The government's funding ends on March 14 and hopes to start hiring a legislative vehicle in February for Trump's legislative agenda.
Former Secretary of Finance Janet Jeren said in a letter last week that the United States had to start using “extraordinary measures” to fulfill its financial duty. Congress's actions will be this summer.
At the beginning of the month, Johnson stated that his “intention” was the intention of increasing the debt limit of major bills, including Trump taxes, borders, and energy agendas. Democratic Philibaster.
The plan is expected that 38 House of Republican members in December voted against financing agreements, including the extension of debt restrictions, and then utilizing the debt upper limit in the first year of Trump. After angry, calling to a Republican member to get it, it was done under former President Biden. Finance Hawks had called for significant reductions as a condition for raising debt restrictions.
Later, the Republican members won a handshake contract to raise their debt restrictions by 1.5 trillion as part of the settlement bill, and deleted democratic leverage points. However, this transaction contained $ 2.5 trillion for spending reductions. This is expected to make an ambitious legislative agenda, which faces the demands of a neutral neutral from the Finance Hawks, significantly complicates.
At a meeting at Mar-A-LAGO before taking office, GOP began selling Trump on alternative debt restrictions instead. Disaster assistance for bills in California's mountain fire or government closure.
After a talk with Trump in the White House on Tuesday, the leader of the majority of the lower house, I confirmed that the idea of combining debt restrictions and government funding is mixed. 。
“We have not made a final decision on debt maximum,” said Sklyus. 。 “
However, such a plan means that GOP leaders (there is no room to lose only a few votes), but they must rely on the Democratic Party to pass the increase in debts.
R-Texas (R-Texas) said that he would not vote for bills, including disaster-related budgets, raising their debt restrictions, and not offset by reductions.
Andy Biggs (R-ARIZ) has never supported the increase in debt maximum, but if it is part of the settlement package, which includes appropriate reductions and other trump priority, It is shown.
“If leadership decides to attach it to the disaster fund, it's because they are satisfied with the Democratic votes. Bigs said.
And despite the help of the Democratic Party, this idea indicates that the leaders there will not help to get the Republican members so easily.
“Republicans have not opened the communication line with us, and they have revealed that they have a large, large and beautiful mission. Jeffreies said on Thursday.
“They did not communicate with us. It's not difficult to find me. They know where I am, they know my number. One of these issues I have never received a phone call, “said Jeffreies.
Republican member Richard Neil (D-Mass), a ranking member of the House of Representatives and the means committee, said that the Republican members who have three consecutive management are responsible for raising the debt maximum.
“I have never heard of such a thing -conditioning, disaster relief, it never happened in all years I was here,” Neil said.
Neil was asked about the expectation of adding debt to the government's funding measures associated with disaster funding, and said, “Well, that's the purpose of negotiations.”
And that's exactly what Trump doesn't want.
