From budget negotiations in Congress to raising the debt ceiling, to funding infrastructure and protecting voting rights, it’s not hard to see why so many Americans …
From budget negotiations in Congress to raising the debt ceiling, to funding infrastructure and protecting voting rights, it’s not hard to see why so many Americans think the past few weeks have been some of the most consequential we’ve seen in a long time. And that’s not counting the ongoing investigation into the Jan.6 Capitol breach. What a time to be alive. Let’s talk about voting rights and how some Republican senators are standing against ensuring that all Americans have this most fundamental right, threatening to filibuster the Freedom to Vote Act as they did the For the People Act. They oppose this new plan in favor of the decidedly un-American voting restrictions sweeping some GOP-controlled state legislatures across the nation. Let’s talk about the debt limit, now that President Biden has signed a bill to raise the government’s borrowing cap to $28.9 trillion and temporarily avoid default. GOP leaders had railed about fiscal responsibility and bipartisanship, but displayed no such concern when they voted to raise the debt cap by trillions under the Republican administration. They’ve put aside their concerns about rebuilding an economy ravaged by the pandemic and now we still face a December deadline and a ticking shutdown clock. Let’s talk about former President Trump ’s allies trying to cloak themselves in privileges they don’t possess. These “law and order” folks are intent on defying federal subpoenas, apparently to protect those who stormed the Capitol.
