How House Democrats could avert GOP debt ceiling disaster
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Democrats are in talks with some Republicans to use an obscure House tactic known as a discharge petition to bypass Speaker McCarthy and force a vote on the debt limit. Rep. Brendan Boyle, the top Democrat on the Budget Committee, joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss how likely using that scenario is to raise the debt limit.Jan. 12, 2023
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