The New Default: A Sad History Of The Debt Limit Fight | Talking Points Memo

Well, we didn’t default.

That’s the most a lot of Democrats can say about the legislation that just passed in the Senate, by a vote of 74-26. Those voting against were 19 Republicans, 6 Democrats and one independent – Vermont’s Bernie Sanders.


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