House Passes Plan to Raise Debt Limit Ahead of Deadline, With Vote in Senate Expected Tuesday

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

The House passed a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling in an 11th-hour vote Monday despite grumbling from liberals and conservatives, who stretched the bounds of rhetoric to express their distaste for it.

The 269-161 vote was also notable for marking Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' return to the House for the first time since January when she was critically injured in a shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords was met by loud applause on the House floor and voted yes.

The bill now goes to the Senate, which is expected to vote on it at noon Tuesday -- with hours to go until the Treasury's deadline for action expires.

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, emerging briefly Monday afternoon to speak with reporters, said he was not ready "declare victory yet." But he and his GOP counterpart, Sen. Mitch McConnell, expressed confidence they could push the bill through "quickly."

"We need to send this to President Obama as soon as we can," Reid said.
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I actually think this is a win for Boehner. Nobody was going to be entirely pleased with the end result, and those who were opposed were a minority IMO. Boehner had to deal with political reality, and in the end he was able to pull it off.

[Evad]

The fix was always in.

Not even a good dog n pony show.

[saveliberty]

I am not ready to call it a failure. What was done wasn't perfect, but it was the largest reduction that our government had ever done before. This is a prolonged fight and it's amazing what was done successfully with only one chamber of Congress.

 

Glenn Reynolds

Instapundit

TELEGRAPH: The real story of the US debt deal is not the triumph of the Tea Party but the death of the Socialist Left.