3:00 am, Oct 30, 2015. The combined spending and debt ceiling package passed the Senate. If it had failed, the morning news would have been, “Dow futures down 800 points, as default on debt looms.” It passed 63-35. Republicans could have blocked it, but more reasonable minds prevailed. Republicans voting for the measure were John McCain and Lindsey Graham. The Nays were all Republicans, including Cruz, Rubio and Paul.
Government will function a bit better today, relieved that this time around, the neo-conservatives did not push the US into sovereign default as a means to promote their own agenda.
Who not to vote for: Cruz, Rubio and Paul.
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| NAYs —35 | ||
| Blunt (R-MO) Boozman (R-AR) Burr (R-NC) Cassidy (R-LA) Coats (R-IN) Corker (R-TN) Cotton (R-AR) Crapo (R-ID) Cruz (R-TX) Daines (R-MT) Enzi (R-WY) Ernst (R-IA) |
Fischer (R-NE) Flake (R-AZ) Gardner (R-CO) Grassley (R-IA) Heller (R-NV) Hoeven (R-ND) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johnson (R-WI) Lankford (R-OK) Lee (R-UT) Moran (R-KS) |
Paul (R-KY) Perdue (R-GA) Portman (R-OH) Risch (R-ID) Rubio (R-FL) Sasse (R-NE) Scott (R-SC) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Sullivan (R-AK) Toomey (R-PA) |
Stay tuned,
Dave
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