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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Final Vote

The Senate passed the legislation to re-open the government and raise the debt ceiling with a final vote of 81-18. The House vote was 285-144 with 87 Republicans supporting the bill. The president is signing the legislation this evening. 

This is a giant win for the president. Clearly, the Tea Party knows they can't fuck with him anymore on the debt ceiling or funding the government. If they threaten to do this again, it will obviously be full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Sort of like their entire ideology. 

1 comment:

GuardDuck said...

Make up your mind.

Want them to pass the bill - ridicule them for passing the bill.

Oh wait, your mind is made up. You are a partisan hack and no matter what the other side does you are obligated to consider it wrong - even if, especially if - you don't understand it.