https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/05/31/house-votes-against-raising-debt-ceiling-318-97/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 11:19:34 -0400<![CDATA[Which is a surprise, given that I didn&#8217;t think that there were 318 Republicans in the House&#8230; no, wait, there aren&#8217;t.  82 Democrats voted against raising the debt limit without accompanying spending cuts; which is highly entertaining, given that 114 House Democrats signed Rep. Peter Welch&#8217;s letter requesting&#8230; precisely this vote.  Do compare the signatories to said letter with the no votes on HR 1954: you will notice an entertaining amount of overlap, there.]]>Tue, 31 May 2011 20:00:05 -0400<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/05/31/house-votes-against-raising-debt-ceiling-318-97-n39197