Senate Republicans Block Bill to Suspend Debt Limit and Avert Government Shutdown

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🗓️ 28 September 2021

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First, Chris discusses Dem's discussions on divides over Biden's agenda with Rep. Ro Khanna. Then, Chris discusses how Biden's infrastructure plan could transform the nation with "The Wizard of Odds," Harry Enten. Chris wraps up the show with Van Jones on Biden's economic agenda.

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0:00.0	All right, thanks, Anderson. I'm Chris Cuomo and welcome to Primetime. We got breaking news out of
0:04.3	Washington, D.C. on a looming debt crisis. Now, what happens in the next few days could help
0:12.1	determine who stays in power or who comes to power? The good news and right now, kind of the bad
0:19.0	news is that the Democrats are in a position of making their own fate. The right just did what
0:26.8	it does best. It ensured that the country is once again on the brink, this time of not being able
0:33.2	to pay its bills. There should be no surprise that the GOP voted tonight to put the country in
0:38.9	crisis blocking a bill to suspend the debt limit and avert a government shutdown. They're playing
0:45.5	Americans for fools. Fools who might believe that refusing to raise the debt ceiling is a way
0:52.4	to keep Democrats from their spending aims, which by the way are a laundry list of exactly what
0:59.4	you've said you've wanted overwhelmingly in the polls. But this is not a way to stop spending going
1:08.2	forward, okay? It is yet another blow to America's viability. When you mess with the debt ceiling,
1:16.8	you mess with the strength of this economy. Mitch McConnell knows that. That's why this is what he
1:24.3	said last week. We all agree, America must never default. The debt ceiling will need to be raised.
1:34.6	Don't play Russian roulette with our economy. Step up and raise the debt ceiling to cover all that
1:43.0	you've been engaged in all year long. Okay, that was last week. Now, today.
1:55.9	We will not provide Republican votes for raising the debt limit. There's no chance.
2:02.7	Republicans will help lift Democrats' credit limit so they can immediately steamroll through
2:09.0	a socialist bench that will hurt families and help China. Now, here's what you have to understand.
2:19.0	I have said on this show many times. Don't hate the player. Don't hate the game. To the extent you
2:24.6	can, you shouldn't hate anybody. It's really does more to you than it does to what you feel about
2:29.1	anybody else. But Mitch McConnell knows that what he's saying right now, right there, it's not
2:36.7	for other lawmakers because they know it's BS. It's just to deceive people like you.
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