Only 4 House Republicans Say They Would Support "Clean" Debt-Ceiling Hike

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In My opinion they WILL pass this bill, those printing machines get quite a workout and they can't Stop or else POP haha
Furthermore, the Democratic leadership appears to be standing by its policy of obstructionism, unwilling to do President Donald Trump any political favors, according to the Hill.

That political dynamic puts all of the responsibility for raising the debt ceiling on the GOP, and little if any on Democrats. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will not want to give slack to vulnerable Republicans who don’t want to back the debt ceiling hike for their own party’s president.

“I don’t see Democrats bailing out Republicans, just like Republicans didn’t bail out Democrats,” said Steve Bell, senior advisor for the Bipartisan Policy Center and a former staff director of the Senate Budget Committee. “They’ll say ‘we’re going to give you the same amount of help you gave us.’”

In the spring, Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) suggested that Democrats could withhold support from a clean debt hike if Republicans separately press for legislation cutting taxes on the wealthy.

They later said that Democrats would back a clean debt hike, but Pelosi will want as many Republicans as possible to support it since their party controls the White House. And the tax talk has given an argument to any liberal who chooses to oppose a debt ceiling hike.
So far, only four of the 16 House Republicans who backed the clean debt ceiling in 2014 suggested they would consider voting for a clean hike – far below the 24 votes needed to pass such a bill. They are: Charlie Dent (Pa.), Darrel Issa (Calif.), Peter King (N.Y.) and David Valadao (Calif.).

Full Read Here http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-03/only-4-house-republicans-say-they-would-support-clean-debt-ceiling-hike
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