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ThinkProgress Vote Count Finds 267* House Votes For A Clean Debt Ceiling Hike

seti: reality: 218 to 210 for a dirty bill in the House that will fail in the Senate
kandinski: "Just kidding — kind of. ThinkProgress tabulated this vote count by looking at debt ceiling votes in 2004, where 98 currently serving House Republicans voted for a clean debt ceiling hike."
seti: ^ spoiler alert.
seti: "The Interior and Environmental Protection Agency spending bill for fiscal year 2012 contains policy riders added by panel Republicans to thwart White House-backed initiatives on everything from the EPA's regulation of greenhouse gas emissions to conservation efforts in the Grand Canyon. ..."

DEBT CEILING CAT

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today went to the House floor to outline the simple steps to avoid default and to take America out of debt.

dtm: "We are the United States of America, the greatest country on earth. We don't default."
   

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