The Hill reported yesterday that the House of Representative voted against a 'clean' bill to raise the debt ceiling. The vote was 318-97, with 82 Democrats joining every Republican, not to raise the debt ceiling. If this was, as Democrats charge, a purely symbolic, political vote, then there were an awful lot of Democrats who joined in.
John Hinderaker at Power LIne pointed out yesterday that Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and new DNC chief Debbie Wasserman-Schultz voted with the Republicans. Obviously they are watching the polls and understand that a large percentage of Americans are disgusted with the level of spending in Washington.
The article at The Hill reports:
"The Treasury breached the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling on May 16, but the administration says it can stave off a first-ever default until Aug. 2.
"Obama has invited the entire House Republican Conference to the White House on Wednesday; Carney said the president wanted to "hear and listen to their ideas, their concerns." He will meet with House Democrats on Thursday. The Biden group will hold its next meeting June 6."
It will be very interesting to see what the bill to deal with the debt ceiling looks like when it is eventually passed.
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