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Debt Limit Vote Fails

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By an overwhelming 318-97 margin, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected President Barack Obama's request to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit without corresponding spending cuts. Eighty-two Democrats joined 236 Republicans in rejecting the measure - while 97 Democrats voted to raise

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Democratic Senators Hike Debt Ceiling

By FITSNews || A day after President Barack Obama spoke of "freezing" federal spending, Democrats in the U.S. Senate sent a vastly different message to the American people - voting along party lines to raise the nation's debt limit to an unprecedented $14.3 trillion. That's a $1.9 trillion increase

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