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Rep. Gooden to Newsmax: McConnell Conceded to Democrats, Raised Debt Ceiling
(Newsmax/''The Chris Salcedo Show'')
By Luca Cacciatore | Thursday, 09 December 2021 06:46 PM
Rep. Lance Gooden told Newsmax on Thursday that Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., handed Democrats a win on the debt ceiling, saying that ''at the end of the day,'' they ''will get what they wanted.''
Fourteen Senate Republicans earlier the same day advanced a deal negotiated by McConnell to set up a one-time exemption to the filibuster on raising the debt ceiling, according to The Hill.
Chris Salcedo, host of ''The Chris Salcedo Show,'' asked the Texas Republican if it was true that McConnell allowed Senate Democrats to raise the debt ceiling without using reconciliation.
''It is true,'' Gooden replied. ''He needed 10 Republicans to vote his way so he could give this semblance of not backing down to Democrats. He got the 10 Republicans to get on board, and I think that at the end of the day, the Democrats will get what they wanted with the help of a few Republicans, sadly.''
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