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Some republicans have developed a fiendish plan that could be called “apocalypse lite”

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Joseph Zeballos-Roig

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NEW: Some Republicans like Sen. Rick Scott and House Budget chair Jodey Arrington back prioritizing federal payments if the US defaults. But it likely won’t stave off a default’s worst consequences. It’d also amount to a possible 25% spending cut semafor.com/article/01/31/

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2:19 PM · Jan 31, 2023

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congressional reporting is atrocious on this as usual. bunch of focus on non-pivotal republican votes when this will actually be decided by what 6 or so “moderate” house republicans want

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This plan strongly resembles the federal spending scenario they would like anyway.

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