Democrats are serious about potentially changing Senate filibuster rules to avoid default
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The country is on the precipice of a financial calamity and Democrats are on the verge of potentially altering the contours of the Senate with a potential one-time rules change that would enable them to pass a debt ceiling increase well ahead of the October 18 deadline.
It's a strategy that Democratic leaders have been socializing since last week in the caucus, but the idea got a serious boost on Tuesday night when President Joe Biden said it's "a real possibility" that Democrats would establish a carveout of the filibuster rules to let the debt ceiling be increased by a simple majority vote.
Bottom line: We are heading into uncharted territory after this vote Wednesday, but Democrats are going to have to start making some decisions. Republicans aren't blinking. Democrats are making it clear they won't cave and use reconciliation. If both parties hold firm to those promises, the options going forward? They're obscure and narrow.
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