07-17-2011, 10:58 PM
(07-17-2011, 10:43 PM)username Wrote: What I find interesting is the split in the Republican party. A few are saying the debt limit needs to be raised; a few are holding out (Bachman and Ron Paul). No cohesion there. Not that that's bad; just interesting.
fuckityfuckfuckfuck. why am I not surprised that you are completely fucking ignorant on what is really happening?
Debt ceiling: More Democrats threaten to vote against raising borrowing
The tension is the latest illustration of how the tea-party-infused GOP is driving the debate in Washington over federal spending. And it shows how the debt issue is testing the Obama administration’s clout as Democrats, particularly those from politically competitive states, resist White House arguments against setting conditions on legislation to raise the debt ceiling.
More Democrats defiant on debt ceiling
.The push-back has come in recent days from Sens. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), a freshman who is running for reelection next year. Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) told constituents during the Easter recess that he would not vote to lift the debt limit without a “real and meaningful commitment to debt reduction.
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