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97: Norm Ornstein on The Radical Right Takeover of the House

The Al Franken Podcast

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We're Going to Have a Death Ceiling

The death ceiling issue is an anomaly. We no other country does this The 14th amendment includes a provision saying that the united states guarantees that its debts will be paid So that is a constitutional lever that the president can use. It's never been done because there was you know a belief that we would And flirt with this but they were too Reasonable in the end Understanding the consequences to actually let us go over the cliff I hope you enjoyed listening That beautiful music is by leo cocky the great leococky and i want to thank peta agburn for producing this podcast.

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