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More Than 50% Of House Democrats Vote For Business As Usual In “Clean” Debt Ceiling Vote

When the debt ceiling debate began not long ago, the Obama Administration was demanding a “clean” debt vote. On Tuesday, even 82 House Democrats said “no way” to this irresponsible position!  This is a rebuke of President Obama’s initial call to action concerning the debt and it highlights how out-of-touch he is with everyday Americans.

But 97 of the 192-member House Democrat caucus voted to continue the failing status quo by voting in favor of increasing the debt limit by another $2.4 trillion to an unimaginable $16.7 trillion. These 97 Democrats bucked the will of the American people by saying they will continue the out-of-control spending and business-as-usual that will cripple America for generations to come.

Thankfully the vote to raise the debt ceiling failed 318 – 97 and a line has been drawn in the sand; the debt limit will not be increased unless it is accompanied by substantial spending cuts and reforms.

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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen has said, “The most significant threat to our national security is our debt.” The time has come to have a serious debate on how to cut our dangerously high $14 trillion national debt. President Obama, America (and almost half of your own party in the House) wants to get our country’s books in order. Are you ready to join us?

Here are the 97 House Democrats who voted to put us $2.4 trillion more in debt:

Berman

Blumenauer

Brady (PA)

Capuano

Carson (IN)

Clarke (MI)

Clarke (NY)

Clay

Cleaver

Cohen

Connolly (VA)

Cooper

Davis (IL)

DeGette

Dicks

Dingell

Doyle

Edwards

Ellison

Engel

Eshoo

Farr

Fattah

Filner

Frank (MA)

Fudge

Garamendi

Gonzalez

Green, Al

Grijalva

Gutierrez

Hanabusa

Heinrich

Himes

Hirono

Holt

Honda

Jackson (IL)

Jackson Lee (TX)

Johnson, E. B.

Kildee

Kucinich

Larsen (WA)

Larson (CT)

Lee (CA)

Lofgren, Zoe

Lowey

Luján

Lynch

Maloney

Markey

Matsui

McCarthy (NY)

McCollum

McDermott

McGovern

Miller (NC)

Moore

Moran

Murphy (CT)

Nadler

Neal

Olver

Pascrell

Pastor (AZ)

Payne

Perlmutter

Pingree (ME)

Price (NC)

Quigley

Richmond

Rothman (NJ)

Roybal-Allard

Ruppersberger

Rush

Sánchez, Linda T.

Sarbanes

Schakowsky

Scott (VA)

Serrano

Sewell

Sherman

Sires

Speier

Stark

Thompson (MS)

Tonko

Tsongas

Velázquez

Waters

Watt

Waxman

Weiner

Welch

Wilson (FL)

Woolsey

Yarmuth

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