Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 191
Blue Wave Update
“Unable to sell their conference on their latest plan to raise the debt limit, Republican leaders plan to vote today on a ‘clean’ debt limit increase,” Roll Call reports.
Said Speaker John Boehner: “We don’t have 218 votes. When you don’t have 218 votes, you have nothing.”
The Week: Lessons from Boehner’s latest failure
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