Author Topic: Fail: House defeats Obama request to raise the debt ceiling, 318-97  (Read 1520 times)

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Offline formerlurker

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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/

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