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Flashback: House approves debt ceiling bill (Aug 2, 2011)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House approved a last-minute deal to raise the debt ceiling on Monday that will impose sweeping spending cuts, while narrowly averting an unprecedented national default.
The agreement calls for up to $2.4 trillion in savings over the next decade, raises the debt ceiling through the end of 2012 . . .

29 posted on 12/27/2011 8:55:03 AM PST by Hoodat (Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
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"The agreement calls for up to $2.4 trillion in savings over the next decade, raises the debt ceiling through the end of 2012 . . ."

The August hike wasn't the first debt ceiling hike he demanded and got, and I believe he's lookin for another hike...

141 posted on 12/28/2011 7:52:03 PM PST by cake_crumb (I'm not racist; I don't like his white half either.)
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