Senate Increases Debt Ceiling –

The Senate voted 52-45 to increase the debt limit by $500 billion.  The vote came on Thursday night after the jobs speech by Obama and before the NFL season opener.  Democratic Senator Ben Nelson voted with the Republicans and Republican Senators Corker and Scott Brown voted with the Demcratics.

To read a related Roll Call article, please click here:

http://www.rollcall.com/news/senate_quietly_dispenses_with_debt_limit_increase-208573-1.html?pos=hbtxt

James Sutliff

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