Senate Republicans Conflicted Over McConnell’s Debt Ceiling Deal

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) addresses reporters following a weekly Republican policy luncheon as (L-R) Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) look on in Washington, on Oct. 5, 2021. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

After months of promises by Senate Republicans not to vote for an increase in the debt ceiling, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reached a deal in the early hours of Thursday morning to suspend the debt limit until December. Despite McConnell’s support for the deal, Republicans are divided on the eleventh-hour agreement.

Still, Senate leadership was optimistic about the deal.