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A comment on America Hit Its Debt Limit, Setting Up Bitter Fiscal Fight. Parent comment

Re:America Hit Its Debt Limit, Setting Up Bitter Fiscal Fight by lakhim on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:49PM (#34456841)
Need a filibuster proof majority which they didn't have.
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Re:America Hit Its Debt Limit, Setting Up Bitter Fiscal Fight by photonbeam on Friday January 20, 2023 @12:59PM (#34456980)
They can remove the filibuster if they wanted to, its a self imposed restriction
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