AOC said in a tweet that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy doesn’t know «how many votes he has on what,» recalling the Speaker vote debacle in January.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is in no position to try to negotiate the debt ceiling, as House Democrats moved forward with a backup plan on Wednesday that would force a vote in order to increase the debt limit before the US defaults on its bills.
A day after congressional leaders and President Joe Biden expressed optimism about addressing the nation’s debt limit before the June 1 deadline, Rep. Brendan Boyle, the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee, initiated a petition to force a vote to increase the debt limit.
The congressional maneuver, known as a discharge petition, requires 218 signatures, regardless of party affiliation.
