Before the House voted to raise the debt ceiling without any spending reductions or restorations of the military pension cuts Tuesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly warned her members not to act like Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman and taunt the "mediocre" GOP leadership for caving.
According to the Washington Post, though Pelosi remained coy before the vote about whether she could deliver enough Democrats to pass the the clean debt increase, behind closed doors Pelosi and her lieutenants "instructed rank-and-file members, 'don’t gloat, take it in stride and hang together.'"
In the end, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) were among only 28 Republicans who voted with 193 Democrats on the clean debt ceiling hike. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew had insisted that the debt ceiling be raised by February 27 if the nation did not want to face default.
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She is vile. Boner is representing well, McCain must be greasing his wallet.
ReplyDeletethe fool claims victory? She needs to open another box of Wine
ReplyDeleteIt's an election year and besides the Stupid Party doesn't want the full blame when things come crashing down in the next couple of weeks
Everyone knows that the Dumbucrats and the Socialist in Chief own the debt.
ReplyDeleteThe Republican party simply acknowledged the intransigence of the other side of the aisle in not being willing to negotiate...and fended off another government shutdown.
As much as a lot of folks will call this spineless (including me), I think this was a great strategic move for the upcoming elections.
will someone please put this woman out to pasture!
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