Rajiv, they did. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer put a debt ceiling increase on the floor in December, but could not get 60 votes. Schumer and McConnell negotiated a temporary extension of the debt ceiling to be passed by 50 votes, with every Democrat voting for the extension and every Republican voting against it. The temporary extension was a short reprieve.For every reader complaining that Democrats should have put the debt ceiling to a vote--they did.

Rajiv, they did. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer put a debt ceiling increase on the floor in December, but could not get 60 votes. Schumer and McConnell negotiated a temporary extension of the debt ceiling to be passed by 50 votes, with every Democrat voting for the extension and every Republican voting against it. The temporary extension was a short reprieve.For every reader complaining that Democrats should have put the debt ceiling to a vote--they did.

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