Senate Raises Debt Ceiling Till December After McConnell Suggests It

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On Thursday night, the Senate passed a bill to extend the debt ceiling until December, temporarily ending the Democrats’ self-created debt crisis just 11 days before the government’s deadline to default. “The bill passed 50-48, with no Republicans joining Democrats in support. The vote came shortly after the chamber voted 61-38 on a procedural motion to break a filibuster, securing the bill’s advance,” NBC news reported. “The Republicans who voted in the affirmative were Sens. John Barrasso of Wyoming, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Susan Collins of Maine, John Cornyn of Texas, Mitch McConnell of

Former Border Patrol Chief: Southern Border Is ‘Wide Open’

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During a Fox News interview on Wednesday, Rodney Scott, the former chief of the United States Border Patrol, warned that the Biden administration has “shut down” many of the systems being used to secure the southern border and that the border is now “wide open.” “So after all your years, I mean, how would you describe the importance of border security?” Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked. “It’s just like your home,” Scott said. “If you do not know who’s coming into your home, you have no security. If we can’t control and know who’s coming into this country, we

McConnell Offers Solution To Democrats For Their ‘Self-Created’ Debt Crisis

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Mitch McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell offered Democrats a solution for their “self-created” debt ceiling crisis on Wednesday. McConnell noted that Senate Republicans have been warning Democrats that they would need to use the reconciliation process to raise the debt ceiling for nearly three months, but Democrats have refused to do so. “The unified Democratic government had two and a half months to address the debt limit through reconciliation,” McConnell said in a statement. “Instead, they drifted to the doorstep of yet another self-created Democrat crisis. Whether through miscalculation or a deliberate effort to bully their own members into wrecking the

Former Border Patrol Chief: Biden Paying Contractors Millions To Not Build Border Wall

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During a Fox News interview on Tuesday, Rodney Scott, the former chief of the United States Border Patrol, revealed that the Biden administration has been paying contractors “almost $5 million a day” to not build the border wall. “What were the instructions after the transition of administrations when it came to the wall?” Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked. “So a presidential proclamation came out and it was a 60 day pause that is publicly available,” Scott said. “We’re supposed to do an in depth study and then come up with a plan going forward. As Border Patrol did its

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