Oct. 6, 2021: What’s Chuck’s Plan B?

Republicans are set to filibuster Democrats’ latest bid to raise the debt ceiling today, just as Mitch McConnell has been saying they’d do since this summer. What is Chuck Schumer's Plan B?

The majority leader, a political animal to his core, never passes up an opportunity to put the GOP on record on issues he thinks make Republicans look hypocritical. But privately, many Democrats acknowledge this isn’t going to get them out of the pickle they’re in because McConnell is seemingly impervious to shame — and Dems are running out of time.

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