McConnell’s debt gamble
Oct 15, 2021
3 minutes
By Philip Elliott
PHOTOGRAPH BY SHUTTERSTOCK
The Brief is reported by Eloise Barry, Paulina Cachero, Madeleine Carlisle, Alejandro de la Garza, Mariah Espada, Tara Law, Sanya Mansoor, Ciara Nugent, Billy Perrigo, Nik Popli, Simmone Shah and Olivia B. Waxman
AS SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONnell mulled blocking Democrats from raising the nation’s debt ceiling, he faced two scenarios. Neither was good.
In the first, the U.S. could default on its debt, triggering a global recession and costing Americans millions of jobs. In the second, Democrats could get rid of the filibuster to raise the
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