Senate votes to PASS bill to temporarily
lift debt limit by $480billion and avert
financial catastrophe (until December)
Posted By: Imright, 10/7/2021 9:12:34 PM
The Senate voted to end debate and pass a bill to increase the debt ceiling for less than two months on Thursday evening, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown and the federal government's first-ever debt default. First up was a vote to suspend debate on raising the debt ceiling, where 10 Republican votes were needed for a 60-vote majority. Eleven GOP senators did so - Mitch McConnell, Ky., John Cornyn, Texas, Lisa Murkowski, Alaska, John Thune, S.D., Susan Collins, Maine, John Barrasso, Wyo., Rob Portman, Ohio, Roy Blunt, Mo., Richard Shelby, La., Shelley Capito, W. Va. and Sen. Mike Rounds.The vote was 61-38.
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“I don’t like her … and I don’t like me.”
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