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House Passes Debt Deal 269 to 161, Gabrielle Giffords Casts First Vote Since Her Shooting

House Votes to Pass Debt Deal 269 to 161 Gabrielle Giffords Borrowing LimitWASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — The House has passed legislation designed to keep the government from defaulting on its debts. The measure also sets a course for reducing the federal deficit in the future.

The Senate, where support is stronger, is expected to take up the bill on Tuesday, the deadline for Congress to act before the government loses its ability to pay all its bills.

The 269-161 vote in the House came after Republican leaders spent the day urging recalcitrant conservatives to support the bill.

The bill would raise the debt ceiling by more than $2 trillion and cut federal spending by a similar amount over the next decade. A special congressional committee would be set up to consider entitlement and tax changes.

This was also the first vote cast by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords since being critically injured during a shooting rampage in Arizona. According to Fox News Insider, Giffords shared why she felt she “had to be here for this vote”:

“I have closely followed the debate over our debt ceiling and have been deeply disappointed at what’s going on in Washington,” Giffords said. “After weeks of failed debate in Washington, I was pleased to see a solution to this crisis emerge. I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics. I had to be here for this vote. I could not take the chance that my absence could crash our economy.”

House Votes to Pass Debt Deal 269 to 161 Gabrielle Giffords Borrowing Limit

You can watch Giffords receive a standing ovation as she appears on the House floor to cast her vote:

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  • fatjack
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:32pm

    This is what happens when you have only one party in Washington. It’s our responsibility to rise up and replace the one party.

    Come on TEA let’s show them that we will have a two party system in 2012.

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    • jjoy
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:52pm

      You must have missed it Jack… The “tea party” just fizzled out…

      jjoy  
    • Anarcho Capitalist
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:24pm

      Paul NO, Bachmann YES…

      Wonder who represents the TEA party.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:25pm

      WE THE PEOPLE all KNOW that the teaparty is behind the GRIEF this process has been. It was a rushed package (maybe known as the TEAPACKAGE?) that nobody has adequately examined.

      tifosa  
    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:32pm

      Business as usual, huh?

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    • Vunks
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:33pm

      Unless the Tea Party throws it’s full support behind Ron Paul the Tea Party is over. I know many libertarians that are about to take their ball and go home.

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    • Pelling1020
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:36pm

      Well, I guess even those who have a hole in their head can vote for it.

       
    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:39pm

      The Tea Party will finally be consigned to the dustbin of history once they start holding Presidential primaries and the Tea Party suck-ups get creamed by moderates.

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    • USAMama
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:09pm

      Tifosa,

      The Tea Party did not want this “deal”. The Tea Party supported a bill that was PASSED with bi-partisan support In the House and plenty of time to avoid this last minute disaster. It was the Dems who blocked it and wouldn’t even allow it to be debated. if they would have at least debated that bill, added ammendments if they thought they had to and allowed the Senate to have a vote we could have saved a lot of time.

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    • Ron_WA
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:29pm

      @JJOY – you must have missed it; it’s like the podium stand at the Olympics: the TEA party supporters did not stand alone on the podium but they stood on top

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:33pm

      A liberal isn’t about to change her stripes just because of a little assassination attempt. This is no surprise.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:42pm

      Wow – Gifford was the perfect cheerleader. She even got the Republicans to vote with the group. The Democratic party is the best, greatest,supendous in the land

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    • dr_funk
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:44pm

      The Blaze better add comment ratings soon, or I’m done here. The comments are full of paid trolls and nut jobs.

      The Tea Party didn’t want this deal, because it does NOTHING to solve our spending crisis.

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    • AOL_REFUGEE
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:54pm

      Too many liberal nut jobs in this comment thread, Get lost, you brain dead losers.

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    • calijohn
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:01pm

      usmama – if there is bi-partisan support, how could the dems hold it up? probably because it stank for the nation.
      dr funk wants to “solve” the spending crisis, then come up with a plan that funds the bush tax cuts (revenues have increased 48 out of the last 50 years, regardless of tax rates), funds the wars in iraq and afghanistan (that bush didn’t put on the books, but kept funded with “continuing resolutions”) and fund the bush promulgated prescription drug plan.
      than get back to me.

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    • veruca salt
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:05pm

      You know it must be bad when Allen West is calling Tea Party supporters “schizophrenics”

      breitbart.tv/rep-allen-west-slams-tea-party-schizophrenia/

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    • hifi74
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:11pm

      tifosa
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:25pm

      WE THE PEOPLE all KNOW that the teaparty is behind the GRIEF this process has been. It was a rushed package (maybe known as the TEAPACKAGE?) that nobody has adequately examined.
      _———————————————————————————————–_

      \Would that be the same way no one adequately examined Obamacare??? Or does “We have to pass the bill to find out what’s in it” not ring a bell?

      Sorry there tinkertwit but this debt ceiling issue was the making of your beloved Obama and is Hypocrats that refused to pass a budget in over 2 years. All the Tea Party did was make sure that the debate finally came to the table in spite of both the Dems and Republicans. Try again.

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    • Chappy123
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:13pm

      The whole thing is “The Tea Party” are not terriosts. They only wish Gabby well.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:23pm

      The vote is the vote, no matter how much I disapproved of it. But, the video of Gabrielle Giffords returning to the House floor should be played, over and over, in the cell of the maniac who shot her.
      Welcome back Gaby!

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    • The Third Archon
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:48pm

      The two-party system sucks–that‘s why they’re both bland clones of each other. A multi-party system based upon a unicameral house whose members were elected from a single national district based upon a PR vote would be preferable. Then people could vote based upon preference and not based upon who was the lesser of two evils.

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    • HaHaYeahRight
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:49pm

      JJOY: Not even close lol

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    • NOTALOTTAYITTAYADDA
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:56pm

      Not a word about super congress?

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbNHGgLNqEg&feature=feedu

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    • Wilkins
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:06pm

      Welcome back, Gabby Giffords! No doubt she’ll be dealing with the aftermath of that shooting for the rest of her life; let’s wish her all the best regardless of her politics.

      A shame the debt ceiling change is immediate and the matching spending cuts are over the next 10 years but what more could you expect with only the House? There‘ll be three presidential elections before a decade’s out; anything can change. The important thing now is to stay the course, make sure the next Presidents and Congresses are on board with what needs to be done.

      Allen West is right, and understands that you can‘t win a war in a single battle when you’re this far outnumbered. Take the victory you can get and set up for the next one. Those ready to give up because the right side didn’t get everything it could wish for, please remember this is for the survival of the Republic. This is way too important to take your ball and go home. Stay focussed, there’s still lots to do and lots to be accomplished in the coming weeks, months and years!

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:16pm

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQf_QfitmKE

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    • LinkedIn G
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:04am

      At least they didn’t raise taxes in this bill…Obama will be talking about raising them again after his birthday party…

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    • sbish
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:26am

      At the end of the day, the GOP buckled under the pressure when push came to shove on CC&B. Instead of sticking with that bill and not allowing a debt increase without a BBA, they negotiated against themselves for a month and ended up doing a deal that will ultimately get our AAA rating downgraded. You would think a bunch of attorneys would have a better idea of how to negotiate raher than the way they showed their collective a**es to the public the last 30 days. I applaud the folks that voted “no” and stuck to the fundamentals, which was that no bill should be passed that the ratings agencies couldn’t give their stamp of approval. CC&B was that bill. The sound of that bag of bones McConnell makes me want to puke!!! I hope he chokes on his breakfest tomorrow morning and strokes out and the Westboro Church protests at his stinking funeral for being a traitor to common sense. Not really, that is over the line. I just hope he chokes and strokes out with a peacable funeral procession.

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    • Shiroi Raion
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:40am

      Liars to my left and wimps to my right. I think most of the freshmen hung on. They did manage to slow the Liberals down. We need to take the Senate next year to make a real difference. The Tea Party only caused grief to Progressives on both sides. Kanbai – Thank you Tea Partiers! Thank you for fighting the good fight! Next time let’s really tick off the Progressives! Downsize the Fed and make those government workers get real jobs and next time REAL spending cuts.

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    • Servant Of YHVH
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:03am

      “WE THE PEOPLE all KNOW that the teaparty is behind the GRIEF this process has been. It was a rushed package (maybe known as the TEAPACKAGE?) that nobody has adequately examined.”
      It is always a delight when we see someone come in acting like they are a real brainiac spouting off at the mouth and then suddenly they look up where there is a mirror and all they see is themselves sitting on the toilet having diarrhea and then they realize that what they have been hearing themselves say is just the noise of the splahing of the toilet water. BTW: The reason that it was a “rushed package” was because the old time republicans and the RINO’s were too chickensh*t to stand up to the liberal anti-American commies on the democratic side and in the White House. If they had been “man” enough to stand up for the Cut, Cap & Balance Amendment and refused to pass ANYTHING that they demoncrats wanted, it is a pretty safe bet that the demoncrats would have caved in and for the FIRST time in their lives been forced to do something for the benefit of this nation.

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    • sillyfreshness
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 3:15am

      Is that why Biden called the tea party “terrorists” because they just fizzled out? That doesn’t sound like someone (Biden) claiming victory and gloating about it if you ask me. That sound like someone who just lost or at least didn’t get his way.

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    • HankScram
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:37am

      @Dr Funk,

      I think you’re right about paid trolls. I really think liberals get on here and post ridiculous comments posing as conservatives. Sometimes I’m reading the posts on here thinking – there are a bunch of ignorant, uninformed, close-minded conservatives here – then I realize its probably just liberals posting over the top comments trying to make us look bad.

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    • Big Kahoona
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 6:15am

      I’m going to play the part of a ruthless cynic and ask a couple questions:

      1. Why did Giffords just so happen to show up on the very day they were voting for the literal destruction of America if this passed?

      2. Does Giffords not have a (D) after her name?

      3. Are not Democrats without question the worlds experts on emotions & feelings?

      4, Is it possible that they would actually convince her to arrive this day to stir up emotions and get these people all worked up and not thinking clearly??

      I’m sorry but, I would never put it passed the Dems to do this. This is only conjecture, but wow….look at that vote count after many Democrats said they were not happy with this bill.

      However, I do wish the best for Mrs.Giffords and I can only hope she was not pawned on Monday by the very people who seek to destroy our country.

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    • old white guy
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 6:52am

      heh, so much for real conservatives getting elected. all but 22 of them (i think) voted for business as usual. when is a cut not a cut??? when it is an increase. simple huh.

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    • HowardSternIsABigot
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 7:03am

      To the trollers: Tea party is irrelevant in this mess. Its the numbers stupid! All this does is absolutely guarantee that the pain has been passed on to the next generation, if we make it to another generation./ A “correction” is overdue and the longer its avoided the worse the pain we will feel. Anyone that cant see the damage being done is an ostrich. The architects of disaster, liars and thieves, of the republicrat party really seem to believe if we just keep borrowing money and shutting down industries and sending jobs to China wed be fine if not for the terrorist tea party pointing out the elephant sitting on the economy. How long till servicing debt consumes the budget?? RIGHT NOW DOPEY!!!!

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    • Professional Infidel
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:28am

      “I got half a mind to quit this job” take your half a head, and go home! I don’t want a person shot in the head making decisions for me.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:12pm

      Ignore TIFOSA…the idiot clearly has a memory like a sieve. The Ryan budget was shelved by Reid. The original GOP plan to curb spending was shelved by Reid. Obama stubbornly refused to put a plan on paper. Obama’s original budget earlier this year raised spending by 3.7 trillion with NO spending cuts. Obama raised his tax amount…I mean revenue…during the talks after he’d agreed on a lower number which prompted Cantor and Boehner to leave the talks. Before that Obama stormed out of the talks saying “don’t call my bluff”. The democrats in the Senate sent a letter to Boehner saying they’ll vote against the deal BEFORE even seeing it. Just ignore TIFOSA..the fairy “avatar” she’s chosen for this site is clearly a metaphor for her own lightheadedness.

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    • mils
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:58pm

      she is not a person that i think should be voting for our future.. she is hurt, not ill, but maimed, and not in the flow of life…yet, we allow her to vote. this is wrong.
      She has a brain injury…so that really makes her a typical democrat/liberal

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  • DragonflyJune
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:30pm

    Can anyone please link me to a site that shows who voted which way on this betrayal of We The People?

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:30pm

    No doubt about it. There is going to have to be a lot of face changing in 2012.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:02pm

      Lord, I hope so…

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    • USAMama
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:15pm

      Absolutely! I hope the door of the PEOPLES house hits them all in the butts on their way out!!

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    • Mandors
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:26pm

      Big Time, Heavy!
      None of those RINOS shouldn’t even think of running ever again.
      Resign now. You will get annihilated in the primaries.

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    • llotus
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:30pm

      fliteking……what makes you think tinkerbell wears a dress? Lotus.

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  • BMartin1776
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:30pm

    ^____^____^
    Like I have said repub/ dem, left/ right nothing but the two faces of the progressive beast in complete denial. The scenario below is our reality.

    John/Jane Homemaker make $1500 a month their bills are $3000+. They charge necessities like food and fuel on their credit cards which are maxed out, leaving the remaining money to pay rent/mortgage and barely make minimum credit card payment. John/Jane Homemaker technically are bankrupt but keep plugging away thinking things will get better. They are in denial and will NEVER be in a position to dig out of the credit hole they are in as the interest compounds at an alarming rate as their credit rating drops from late or pmts below min due. They nolonger eat out, go to the movies, run their A/C or engage in any activities that require funds they dont have. In other words have cut spending. None of this matter as again they are bankrupt and technically havent made it official by filing.

    No credit card company or bank in the world would increase their limits yet that is what has happened with the US. This nation is broke, the U.S. IS BANKRUPT. Raising the debt ceiling and making pathetic cuts that barely put a ding on the total debt is insulting to the intelligence of the American people. Everyone that voted for this needs to be kicked out of office period.

    Get your houses in order folks you are seeing how things started in Greece! http://SavingtheRepublic.comhttp://SavingtheRepublic.com

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    • debkk9
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:16am

      I agree with you 100%. and most (but not all) of the people in both parties SUCK. How can you be a responsible adult with a brain and not see where we are headed. Even the talk about balancing the budget…I’m just afraid they will balance it…by raising taxes. You know, we used to be middle class…not anymore. I don’t think there is a middle class anymore. It’s all very sad. The ones who will really feel it are our kids and grandkids.

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  • joe1234
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:29pm

    why bother to vote for republicans? hell might as well vote for an honest SOCIALIST instead of socialist republicans posing as conservatives.

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    • Exrepublisheep
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:32pm

      hmmm

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    • Ronko
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:35pm

      The Tea Party is the best solution but who knows at this point.

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    • Vunks
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:35pm

      The only Republican I am voting for next election is Ron Paul. I am going third party for everyone else. Death to the Republicans and their big tent lie.

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    • joe1234
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:42pm

      I will vote for Bachmann…she has more balls than boehner and all his syncophant stooges put together

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:56pm

      They gave Bachmann cover because she is running. She is as much a RINO as the rest of them.

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    • cromag11b
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:28am

      Don’t forget the current crew of Republicans are all from the Reagan worshiping crowd; and a conservative he was not.

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    • tifosa
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 3:25am

      In the end, WallStreet couldn’t let the teaparty candidates take down the economy. Don’t worry, they need you back though, they’ll need your votes.

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    • CulperGang
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:09pm

      Joe1234 Does the US Constitution look like a “socialist manifesto” to you??? The Constitution is what we have in this country. Don’t like it? feel free to leave and take socialist ilk with you to Cuba or Russia, Britain ALL socialist countries. Take the socialist politicians with you. WE THE PEOPLE DON’T WANT A SOCIALIST USA. thank you.

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  • Uncurable wound
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:27pm

    I know MY Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann voted no.
    God bless that woman.
    How did your congress person vote?

    We need a list of who DID vote for this-they need to go

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    • Ronko
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:34pm

      I think it’s time for the Tea Party to evolve one more time. Any Congressman who voted for this deal needs to go, regardless if it’s somebody like Allen West who is a good guy or John Boehner, I don’t care. This is unacceptable, disgusting and there will be Hell to pay next year.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:34pm

      Don’t you get that it is all just a dog and pony show?

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    • jasrub
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:40pm

      I agree, if anyone has a list of who voted and how, I’d love a link…

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    • cloudsofwar
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:41pm

      the bowels of the capital needs to be flushed. they are impacted with the progressives. john kerry is railing against the tea party as i write this on the mark levin show.

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    • SPOT_OF_TEA
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:56pm

      Dont let all the no voters off the hook…most of them would have fell in line if necessary.The best list would be who voted no on Boehner‘s last bill but even on that bill I heard a couple of Boehner’s cronnies waited til the last minute to vote in case the yes votes were needed…..after there were enough votes to pass the bill they voted no of course…not much has changed.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:04pm

      @ trolltrainer
      Yep.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:18pm

      It was all just a show. A dog and pony show combined with scare tactics.

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    • Mandors
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:28pm

      @Ronko

      YOU’RE RIGHT. Kick them out.

      TEA!

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  • freedom_gurl35
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:27pm

    I knew this would happen . . . and yet I’m still angry to know that the House has sent America up the creek. I want to know who voted “yes”.

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  • REDBLOODEDHUSKER
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:26pm

    Just another last minute Bull***t “deal”. All these little weasels with no guts just cave like they always do. All, because they’re scared. “OH NO! THE DEBT CEILING! WE’LL DEFAULT!! WE CAN’T HAVE THAT!” Scared that they won’t get reelected because they allowed the nation to default and finally wake up to the oblivion they were spending us into. WELL GUESS WHAT?? You won’t get reelected ANYWAY!! You unprincipled little twerps!

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  • USA1Patriot
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:25pm

    Just checked.. the House doesn’t have the guts to show who voted for this miserable bill… but I can wait…

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:48pm

      They didn’t have the guts to do the right either. Speaker Bonehead sold us out, I hear he going to Obama’s birthday party in Chicago.

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  • Marine Recon Dad
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:25pm

    I commend the 161……

    They should receive phone calls and emails from all of us – Tomorrow!!!!

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  • fathers_thought
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:24pm

    Well, we may be too late.
    Not only are we headed way into debt, following Europe
    but this is one more step where congress dilutes it’s authority giving it over to one man in the executive office.
    Hail the King. Perhaps this is more like the loss of the roman republic, Hail Obama Augustus.
    The puppet emperor.
    Unfortunately, we won‘t even have the revealing hand of Glenn because there’s no way his GBTV will reach as many people as fox news.

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  • the hawk
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:24pm

    THIS WAS PLAYED OUT jUST LIKE A FIXED SPORTING EVENT !

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:23pm

    Let the cry go out loud and long across the land for 2012′ elections:

    Those who turnd coat and voted for this mess, those of the socialists, the left and the President need to be put out to pasteur; no more out of control government that answers to no one.

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  • oriondma05
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:22pm

    You hear all these complaints of tea party congressman not going along, not compromising and hostage taking. well how come the vote was 269-161? Should it be 460-0? Come on media.

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  • LadyIzShy
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:22pm

    those who voted for this bill are now on my list to get voted OUT of office next go round.. bunch of RINOs.. shaking my head in disgust

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:26pm

      will you include Allen West , cus he voted …YES……………………………..

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    • turkey13
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:35pm

      I thought the Republicans had a chance to take over both houses next year off of the momentun from last November.Now its up in the air since all the Republicans will be voted outin mass like the Democrats did that voted for the health bill. By voting for it, if the Republicans take control they will just have to set up the big fall when they have to cut spending and raise taxes. Obama os partying tonight for he will probably be reelected, The republicans also will not be able kill the health care law. It will ride on the shoulders of the Supreme Court and the liberals will control that.

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    • Vunks
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:39pm

      Allen West is a joke.

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    • cfreedom
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:42pm

      I’m with you,I won’t vote for anyone who voted yes, if It’s anyone from Maine, which I am sure our 2 Dem’s from Maine probably did. I was holding up my donation to the repub. party until I saw how this came out, so they are not getting my money now. They let us down again. 2 trillion more in debt? and the decreased how much this year? 7 billion? or is it 700 billion? Glenn talked about it this AM. Less than 2 days of borrowing. I am dissapointed.

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    • Jediusetheforce
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:00pm

      It didn’t take Allen West long to assimilate with the Republicans. The Truth Has No Agenda!!!

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:16pm

      No. Allen West was right. This compromise needed done, the other choice was much worse and the people in the know knew it. West stood on principle and did not duck behind some RINO “yea” vote for cover like Bachmann and others did. West knows the score and knew this would not be a popular vote but he manned up.

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    • Stopit
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:01pm

      NO. Allan West was wrong, and so was anyone that voted for this.

      The republicans had a chance in the house to save the US economy by an automatic balanced budget, if the democrats wouldn’t pass cut cap and balance. Peter Schiff just indicated its not a tax on future generations but will be an immediate tax on this generation through inflation from QE3 and QE4 to pay for all this. Our only hope was to stop the debt and start to pay if back. FAIL. FAIL. FAIL.
      History has shown that that is the only thing that works, and what we got was the only thing that always fails..

      Bye bye to all the dummies who believed the BIG LIE repeated almost everywhere that we had to do this to avoid a default and voted for this.

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    • cromag11b
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:30am

      Problem is all the newly minted Tea Party reps got a cold hard lesson on how DC works. I would bet that the RNC is going to work hard to get them replaced next cycle.

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  • hauschild
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:21pm

    The RINO’s and Marxists joining forces to pass an abomination the American people have to pay for.

    This is no doubt one of the most embarrassing days for traditional Americans. Looks like our way of life has now proven to be solidly in the minority. I’d hate to be an enterprising youth right about now. They have no clue what’s in store.

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  • Vunks
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:20pm

    This Government does not work. The Anarchist position is starting to look real good right about now.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:24pm

      Naw, the anarchist doesn’t look good. It would be every person for thereselve (is that a word, you know what I mean)…..Given a choice between a tyranny and anarchy, the people will choose tyranny. Obama knows this, and that‘s why he’s trying to rile up the anarchists.
      We just need him out before he does irrepairable damage to this country.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:31pm

      Lori:

      With friends like Boehner, who needs left-wing adversaries???

      IMHO, we’ve been seeing this movie play out since aroud 2002 – with our party screwing us royally. So, even if Obama gets booted, who replaces him more than likely? Another RINO. So, the cycle begins again, they screw up and make Republicans look bad yet again.

      I‘m sticking to my belief that it’s gonna take probably another presidential election cycle before the fence sitters get their heads outta their asses and join the “right” side. It‘s really unfortunate that so many people in this country don’t want to see the truth. All it does is prolong our agony.

      This country is run by absolute imbeciles.

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    • Vunks
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:33pm

      So we can get another Bush? Is the Republican party smart enough to nominate Paul to fix this mess? Probably not. We are screwed and the tea party republicans who voted for this should be voted out but they won‘t because the Tea Party won’t speak out against their own, just look at them defending Allen West. I was in the Tea Party before the Tea Party was cool and now it has become such a basterdized version of itself we are all done. Get ready for hyperinflation and massive taxes because thats what the Republicans just gave us.

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    • cromag11b
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:31am

      There has been a serious Anarchist group since 1919 when they were bombing stuff.
      Read ‘The Frailest Cloak’, good story about the realities of anarchy.

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  • USA1Patriot
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:20pm

    Been some time since I was this mad.. a mad that will not go away until we clean our government out and replace everyone of them with HONEST Americans.

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    • Ronko
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:38pm

      I’m just as ticked off, again we have been betrayed. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

       
    • rose-ellen
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:40pm

      Obama caved and for that he’ll be relected in 2012.Good move Obama!Good move Democrats!The tea party just wounded themselves!

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    • FireWolf
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:42pm

      I am partial to the way GW said it:

      “fool me once, shame on — [pauses] — shame on you. Fool me — [pauses] — You can’t get fooled again.”

      very apropos

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  • DagneyT
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:20pm

    We’ve been duped, but also I have to give credit to WE THE PEOPLE, i.e., the TEA Partisans who kept the bill from raising taxes, to cut more than it raised, and to include the balanced budget amendment. It’s far from perfect, and we’re still going to be slapped, but if it were not for US, it would be FAR worse.

    Kudos to you, my fellow TEA Partisans!

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    • HairOfTheDogSob
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:21pm

      No deal would have been the correct choice

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    • Jediusetheforce
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:55pm

      Raising of tax wouldn’t of mattered with the tea party of not. We got duped by the Republicans this time.

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    • HogansHero
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:03pm

      This is being sold as a compromise and a win for the conservatives. It really couldn’t be farther from the truth. This bill will add as much to our downfall as the bills forced through such as TARP. Not enough good people in high enough places.

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    • DagneyT
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:13pm

      Judging from subsequent comments, no one is really looking at our upside. Please do. Pray for America, and keep up the good work, and please do not give up. Like it or don’t, we’re making inroads.

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  • USA1Patriot
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:18pm

    NOW IT’S ON.. REMOVAL OF CONGRESS AND THIS PRESIDENT IN 2012

    Join me in taking our country back

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  • Micmac
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:17pm

    The do nothing bill?

    NoBama 2012

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    • Rev. WC
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:18pm

      Business as usual!

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    • llotus
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:20pm

      Vuncs…….does that comment mean that the libertarians would vote for obama or that they wouldnt bother to vote at all? Either way is a vote for obama. If obama gets four more years it will be because of this attitude. I will vote for a conservative candidate, they may not win and I may not like the candidate……but I will not let my vote be wasted simply because I didnt vote. Lotus.

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    • llotus
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:42pm

      oldphoto678…….;if obama gets 4 more years their wont be an election in 2016. I wonder where you will be and what you will be doing then. BooHooin about you didnt know? Lotus.

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  • USA1Patriot
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:17pm

    NOW IT’S ON… 2012 THEY ALL GO AWAY AT THE BALLOT BOX!

    Let us join hands and hearts to take our country back from these congressional terrorists.

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    • Secka
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:54pm

      Dictators are not voted out of office. They are removed by other means.

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  • Cobra Blue
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:16pm

    That’s it. All you good little Republicans fall in line as good soldiers. Don’t do anything crazy like.,,….I don’t know…take a stand and do what is right for a change. The liberals got their way once again. Business as usual for our side. Tough talk for two weeks and then this. You can have my vote come the next election. I‘ll be DAMNED if I’ll vote for the lesser of two evils ever again. The nation is gone. Best get prepared.

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    • DagneyT
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:22pm

      Refer to my above comments. And get off your high horse.

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:16pm

    The elite are celebrating, Boehner is crying, Gabby is waving, the pages are blushing…And America is sinking…Thank you guys. I just hope they do something with this “compromise.”

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    • Exrepublisheep
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:35pm

      The elite? The rich STILL don’t pay any increase, but we will.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:01pm

      Why are you libs so hot on tax increases? That is the stupidest position! Tax more they will just spend more. We need cuts, that is where the argument should be. What to cut. I say cut it all! How about you, you got the balls? Are you really dumb enough to believe that raising taxes will not just make more business flee this country? Can you not see what is going on? Are you that intent on “punishing” those who have become successful?

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:09pm

      @ trolltrainer

      A perfect replay of the Titanic going down….. and the band played on.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 8:09pm

      And before you go on about it, I will support you 100% in closing tax loopholes, ensuring the wealthy do pay their fair share of taxes, and cleaning up any corruption where it can be found. While we are at it, let’s put an end to special interest bucks, place serious limits on campaign contributions, exclude union AND business support, and decrease the pay scale of ALL government employees.

      Let’s also look into entitlement fraud. My wife is a Medicare expert by profession and can relate nursing home scams all day long.

      Why not just stop the partisan bickering, all the throw granny off the cliff rhetoric, and try to find some common ground before we all go down? Do you really think big government is the answer?

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    • tifosa
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:02pm

      The teaparty protecting the billionaires. Thanx.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 9:37pm

      I would rather protect the billionaires than the welfare leeches. At least the billionaires do something for the country, not least providing all the money the welfare leeches live off of. Never mind putting Americans to work. What do the welfare leeches do? Sit on the porch all day drinking beer? Yeah…no brainer there…

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 10:21pm

      Corporations don’t go overseas because of taxes,they get tax breaks overseas too.;they go overseas to get cheap labor.Standard fear tactic used to keep workers from unionizing was to tell them if they unionize they‘ll bo overseas and they won’t have any job at all. Now it‘s if you tax them they’ll go overseas and you won’t have a job at all.Scare tactics designed to get workers enslaved to the greedy rich corporations and businesses now used to keep worrkers from demanding the corporations and rich need not be treated like sacred cows but should pay more taxes!

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 11:12pm

      Hello Rose-Ellen,

      We have not yet spoken…Because I realize the futility of it. You are hopelessly lost. I mean you are so messed up that nothing you have ever posted is even rational. So, that said, why don’t YOU get a job and start paying taxes?

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:14pm

    Damn, damn, triple damn, what are they thinking? Oh yeah , they were not thinking, they were baaaaaaaaing.

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    • The_Hut_In_Co
      Posted on August 1, 2011 at 7:55pm

      And we will soon be crying! No one in D.C. gives a rip what we want! Throw um all out!

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