Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) may think he has a deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on raising the debt limit, but McConnell doesn’t have the 10 Republican votes yet to make good on his promise, NBC News reports.
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) told reporters they’ll get there, but it will be a “painful birthing process.”
As Lisa Desjardins overheard someone say near Senate chamber: “Everything about this is so dumb.”
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