[Will88]

The procedural vote was the key. The debt limit itself sailed through on a predictable party-line vote, 55-43.

So, the brave Republican elites voted for cloture, but then went on record as opposed and voted against passage which required only a majority vote.

[Randy Larsen]

We’re supposed to be thankful for their bravery on the final vote not the details of how it got there.

Crooks are like birds of a feather.