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Transcripts for MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 20240604 04:12:00

Aspects of this. they have majority on the budget committee. of course i serve on that. bring your budget to the budget committee. right. but they haven t done. that and i tell you why, ali. they do not have enough faith in the power of their argument, so what they re trying to do is use the threat of default to get democrats to help cover what are their priorities. they want us to cover it for them. that s exactly what i heard garrett greaves saying. democrats want to default on the debt to keep welfare recipients from working or something of that nature so the phrasing on this is that you guys are prepared to default on the debt if they don t get the cuts they want. we are prepared to vote tomorrow to raise the debt ceiling and not default on the debt unless the republican majorities in the house work on their budget bill, work on their appropriations, bills work on tax policy in the ways and means committee, knowing that at least for this moment ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell 20240604 00:13:00

That and i tell you why, ali. they do not have enough faith in the power of their argument, so what they re trying to do is use the threat of default to get democrats to help cover what are their priorities. they want us to cover it for them. that s exactly what i heard garrett greaves saying. democrats want to default on the debt to keep welfare recipients from working or something of that nature so the phrasing on this is that you guys are prepared to default on the debt if they don t get the cuts they want. we are prepared to vote tomorrow to raise the debt ceiling and not default on the debt unless the republican majorities in the house work on their budget bill, work on their appropriations, bills work on tax policy in the ways and means committee, knowing that at least for this moment we are in the minority and we re not likely to be able to ....

Welfare Recipients , Debt Ceiling , Budget Bill , Tax Policy , Ways And Means Committee , In The House ,