Congresswoman Gwen Moore Votes Against Republican Debt Ceiling Demands
“I resent that this extreme House GOP majority used their power to create a debt default crisis, holding the American people hostage and pushing our country to the brink of catastrophe unless their demands were met.
I voted to raise the debt ceiling three times under the Trump administration because I know that Congress must pay its bills and meet its obligations. I have supported bipartisan deals to raise the debt ceiling in the past.
While this agreement doesn’t include many of the House GOP’s most damaging proposals, it does double down on their so-called work requirements. Study after study shows that work requirements are ineffective in their supposed goal of helping struggling Americans become gainfully employed. And historically, TANF’s specific work requirements have helped supply a low-wage workforce. These policies don’t trampoline people out of poverty but trap our most vulnerable in quicksand as a permanent underclass. I refuse to support the expansion of a failed policy, which will disproportionately hurt poor, Black women.
As a member of the Ways and Means Committee, I was proud to support the Inflation Reduction Act’s IRS funding, to ensure this vital yet chronically underfunded agency had sufficient staffing to handle complex tax returns and offer quality taxpayer services. I am disturbed that Republicans want to continue sabotaging the IRS by stripping out needed funds, which only benefits wealthy tax cheats so they can continue to game the system.
At the same time, I understand why my colleagues supported this measure. The threat of a default has serious implications for the American people, our nation, our economy, and global markets. I don’t make this decision lightly. But I worry Republicans are setting a dangerous precedent and I cannot support their hostage negotiations. Republicans have a reckless habit of legislating through extortion, and it must stop.”
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It is very disappointing to see that Representative Moore decided to engage in political theater and vote against this compromise. I saw an analysis of the bill on Morning Joe which showed that Republicans got very little of what they originally wanted. Voters everywhere are exhausted with the political theater from both sides of the aisle. This is one time when most of the Wisconsin Republican Congressional Delegation said it was a workable deal and should be supported. I wonder if many elected Republicans in Wisconsin are making an effort to seem more normal than the loony tunes branch of the party in many red states.
Gwen Moore’s decision is NOT, I repeat, NOT political theater. The GOP’s policies, and the work requirements in particular, disproportionately fall on the backs of our most vulnerable citizens. Their policies trap people in poverty and are mean-spirited and lacking in any form of human compassion. The GOP’s war on the poor also guarantees the US economic growth will slip into recession. Why, because they want Biden to have to run for re-election during a recession.
That’s what political theater really is.
Did Moore vote no because it would put a crimp in her limousine riding and lobster dinner feasts?
You go, Gwen & Mark! Way to stand OUR ground on this anti-worker, anti- poor “bargain”. Whenever cretins like Fitzgerald and Grothman vote YES, it’s BAd shit.
So more House Democrats voted fpr Republican austerity measures than House Republicans themselves? Is it any wonder that Democrats struggle to beat awful candidates like Trump and that Biden has an approval rating of only 35 percent? Kudos to Gwen Moore, I only wish we had a stronger opposition party to the GOP than the current weak, ineffectual Democratic Party.
If this deal did not pass and the USA defaulted on its debt, the result would be a worldwide depression. So great job Pocan and Moore, voting to collapse the world economy. We should also thank Gwen Moore for touting that pedophile judge and creepy city attorney. Keep at it, Gwen. Your limo is waiting, You eat lobster while your constituents starve.