House passes debt-ceiling deal 269-161.

[kpete]

Source: USA Today

Updated at 7:06 p.m.

The U.S. House has passed a deal to raise the nation's debt-ceiling. Applause broke out when Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.,wounded in a shooting in January, walked onto the House chamber floor to cast her vote.

The final vote was 269-161.

Read more: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/08/House-debt-limit-vote-John-Boehner--179529/1

[DCBob]

1. not even close.

[earthside]

2. I am so disgusted I could spit.

Where to I go to vote for a REAL Democrat for president?

[ixion]

3. *sigh*

A slow motion train wreck, complete with soundtrack and fancy graphics. We deserve what we're gonna get.

[Xtraneous]

4. Guess we should be happy Giffords is well enough to vote...

or not. What a disgusting theater in a theater. Help, my democratic-feelgood-compassionate self is fighting my logical self.

[tcaudilllg]

24. I wonder if the brain injury turned her into a Republican.

Wouldn't be the first time.

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[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. Pehaps you can shitcan that kind of talk for a later date...

...for instance, when she's fully recovered from getting shot in the fucking head.

Sometimes this place really amazes me.

"Shot or not"...off to the ignore list you go. You should fucking be ashamed of yourself.

[alp227]

7. I was watching CSPAN, the Democratic vote in the House was nearly evenly split

I think that Progressive Caucus members mostly voted no, and others (including DLC/Blue Dogs) voted yea. the vote should be posted shortly at

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/index.asp

[Red Knight]

10. They voted NO when it was safe to VOTE NO

It's all part of the game.

The Dem votes trickled over as needed and then when the game was over some hid behind the NO and others said--ah screw it and voted YES anyway.

If you are Progressive--no one in Washington represents you.

That's just the reality.

There's no Santa Claus.

[JDPriestly]

36. My Congressman, Xavier Becerra,

held a conference call with a large group of voters last Thursday evening.

He took a poll on the telephone on the opinions of his voters about voting yes or no on a bill that was expected. A large percentage of his constituents said they wanted him to vote no. He voted no.

You can understand that Xavier Becerra is very popular with his constituents.

His father was an immigrant, but he went to Stanford Law School.

Xavier Becerra is very intelligent and in close touch with his constituents. He is an amazing man.

[russspeakeasy]

37. No Santa and no leadership.

How about growing a pair ?? :bounce: :bounce:

[placton]

8. 95 dems, including liar Pelosi

voted for this buhbye to the former greatest political party on earth

[placton]

9. anyplace one can find the names of dems who voted? n/t

[grahamhgreen]

12. I saw 95 for, and 95 against.....

[alp227]

17. NYTimes.com

http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/house/1/690

My rep, Zoe Lofgren, voted no. Sweet, I called her office today having attended a rally at her San Jose office org'd by Moveon.org. And so did John Conyers, Keith Ellison, other progressives.

(edit) Giffords voted to increase the debt ceiling.

[xloadiex]

11. It Passed the House and tomorrow will pass the Senate

and come election time they can all go fuck themselves.

[grahamhgreen]

14. Can we still filibuster?

[Po_d Mainiac]

20. you almost got it right

Now if you'd stated

"and come election time they can go fuck themselves, real HARD"

[Yukari Yakumo]

40. So by that logic...

If you happen to live in a district held by a Republican that voted no (which there are 66 of them), then you should vote to re-elect him too.

Got it.

No wonder I don't bother coming 'round here no more.

[Lorien]

42. Fail. nt

[grahamhgreen]

13. ALL CUTS. NO REVENUE. *****80 percent of Americans want to tax the rich*****

http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2011/03/09/more-80-percent-americans-want-tax-rich

[guitar man]

15. What a coincidence

80 percent is the same number of Americans left to fight for measly crumbs, the bottom 80 percent that control 7 percent of the wealth in this country. I guess 8 out of 10 of the citizens in this country just don't matter as long as they can dupe enough of us into voting for one of the two lousy ass parties we have.

Not me, not anymore, I'm done. Ive voted in every election since I was 18, I'm almost 48 now. Next election I don't think I'll waste the time or gasoline to go to the polls. :grr:

[grahamhgreen]

18. Never give up - that's what they want you to do. Go to your local Dem meeting and raise cain.

[guitar man]

27. I might do that

I'll have to calm down a lot first, if I did it now I'd probably wind up in jail. I've really had it. I graduated high school in 1982 and have struggled my ass off for damn near 30 years in this ever deteriorating, Reaganomics- poisoned country. All I've ever asked of the democratic party is to stand up and oppose that flawed line of reasoning. After all the contributions in money and effort I've made it comes to this. I'm just sick over it :(

[grahamhgreen]

29. Me too.

I go between despair and a kind of 'well what the fuck else am i gonna do???" attitude.

I'm just too pissed off to quit. I'll look at this defeat like a boxer's cold slap in the face - invigorating!

In the end, I know the policies of FDR are the best way to save our country. In time, we will be on top again, I firmly believe that.

[guitar man]

31. My grandfather

My grandfather was a union man in the 30s during the depression. Him and his guys stood up with FDR when the New Deal came to be. I'm just so damned sick of seeing his grave pissed on. God damn them all to hell.

[grahamhgreen]

32. I'm asking Sen Sanders to filibuster, just sent this yo his website:

Senator, PLEASE Filibuster the debt bill. It will instantly
turn our unheard pleas into a shot heard round the world.

We can get our message out, and with it weild some real progressive power.

Progressive solutions are the best solutions for a free Democracy.

[guitar man]

35. I love Bernie

He's more of a true Democrat than anybody in the party. I'm going to do the same. :hi:

[cstanleytech]

19. They did not pass an extension though to the soon to expire 2012 tax breaks

did they?

[grahamhgreen]

22. give them time, the cat food dozen will take care of it, i'm sure. Hope for a filibuster.

[Angry Dragon]

16. Anyone have a list of who voted which way??

Thank you

[harvey007]

21. Here it is, again

http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/house/1/690

[Angry Dragon]

33. Thank You

[libmom74]

23. It looks like

Inslee is a Yes which is unfortunate from now on I'll be voting for his more liberal primary opponent or third party. Thank you Rep. McDermott for standing up for democratic principles. It looks like you are in the minority of what was once a great party.

[AmericaIsGreat]

25. Jim Moran, baby!

Reps my city of Arlington, VA and voted NO on that p.o.s

This guy is the man.

[BlueJazz]

26. I say we put the debt on the backs of the poor and working class.

They deserve it.

[rug]

28. Is the President trotting down Pennsylvania Avenue to sign it?

[grahamhgreen]

30. I'm sure he's riding in a limo that cost more money than we'll ever save in a lifetime,

One that we will now pay for with our SS contributions.

[boppers]

34. $300,000K a pop for the limos.

Of course, I assume you already knew that all of your (and my) SS contributions wound up in the general fund, via T-bills, so there's that.... money's'gone, it's all just debt now, aside from what we're still taking in, but that's going away soon as we already promised much more than we could pay.

Very annoying.

[JDPriestly]

38. The theft of the Social Security taxes that we paid all these years

is the most regressive tax ever.

This is outrageous.

This is not just a blow to FDR's great contributions to the country, but a roll-back of the concept of progressive income taxes.

Outrageous.

[primavera]

39. So does anyone still imagine we live in a democracy?

And next year, we'll have to dutifully march like lemmings down to the polls to legitimize our plutocratic prostitutes because, no matter how much they sell out, they're still "better than the alternative" and better than Michelle Bachman is apparently the best we can do in this country.

[Lorien]

41. No, and I will NOT play their game anymore

I'll vote for a worthwhile candidate, even if I have to write one in.