On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:53:39 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Travis Pahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >Yesterdays vote to increase the debt limit... > > > > > >House > > Ayes Noes > >Republican 208 10 > >Democrat 193 12 > >Independent 1 > > > >Senate > > Ayes Noes > >Republican 50 1 > >Democrat 2 42 > >Independent 1 > > > > > >Which party is the one for smaller government again? > > You can't judge anything party-wise by the vote to increase the debt limit, > which is routine.
The fact that it is ruitine for them to raise the debt ceiling goes to show how far away from LIMITED government the party is. > A vote against is just symbolic, and it's done by the > party out of power for just such purpose. A vote for raising the debt limit is not symbolic, it raises the amount the federal government can spend. The fact that the Republican party is in power and could stop it all by itselt without one single vote from the Democrats goes to show that they have no intentions of limiting the spending by the federal government. > Were the Democrats in the majority, the votes in the senate would've been > reversed. Which tells me Republicans are slightly better when they are not in power. Travis _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
