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Title: Fail: House defeats Obama request to raise the debt ceiling, 318-97
Post by: formerlurker on May 31, 2011, 07:28:04 PM

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Fail: House defeats Obama request to raise the debt ceiling, 318-97

Why would the GOP bring it to the floor knowing that they had more than enough votes to kill it? Simple: To make the Democrats choke on it, of course. The public is on the GOP’s side of this issue, unambiguously, and with plenty of independent support, so this was Boehner’s way of twisting a few center-left arms and building negotiating leverage for spending cuts with Obama.

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/05/31/fail-house-defeats-obama-request-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling-318-97/

Title: Re: Fail: House defeats Obama request to raise the debt ceiling, 318-97
Post by: thundley4 on May 31, 2011, 07:30:20 PM

It doesn't look like many DemonRats voted for it .