And now we’re getting another lesson in American political dysfunction: the fight over whether and how to raise the debt ceiling.Ĭoming amid the endgame maneuvering around President Biden’s infrastructure bill, his $3.5 trillion reconciliation package and a looming deadline to fund the government, this debate is absurdist theater at its worst. Over the weekend, Germany conducted a hard and close-fought election with calm, ease and not a peep about voter fraud or fake news - a sharp contrast, several observers noted, to the mess that is contemporary American electoral politics. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday.
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