debt ceiling votes under bu$h*

[spanone]

June 2002: Congress approves a $450 billion increase, raising the debt limit to $6.4 trillion. McConnell, Boehner, and Cantor vote “yea”, Kyl votes “nay.”

May 2003: Congress approves a $900 billion increase, raising the debt limit to $7.384 trillion. All four approve.

November 2004: Congress approves an $800 billion increase, raising the debt limit to $8.1 trillion. All four approve.

March 2006: Congress approves a $781 billion increase, raising the debt limit to $8.965 trillion. All four approve.

September 2007: Congress approves an $850 billion increase, raising the debt limit to $9.815 trillion. All four approve.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/04/14/158424/republican-leaders-debt-limit-hypocrisy/

[elleng]

1. AND its in Ryan's plan, for which repugs voted.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1365562

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. But those were o.k.

since they happened under a REPUBLICAN (P)resident. Now that a Democrat is in the WH, such an increase is an affront to fiscal responsibility!

:eyes: :argh: :puke:

[spanone]

3. i don't remember republicans 'giving up' anything to raise the debt ceiling

[Proud Liberal Dem]

6. Me neither

In fact, I don't even remember any debate(s) over raising the ceiling at all. :shrug:

[SpiralHawk]

4. Vast is the scope of RepubliCon hyposcrisy

[spanone]

5. republicans will vote against their own beliefs when it's Obama's idea

[Springer9]

7. WH: Obama regrets vote against raising debt limit

Thank God we have a President that can learn from his past actions. Those that don't are doomed to repeat.

By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press – Mon Apr 11, 5:47 pm ET
WASHINGTON – The White House said Monday that President Barack Obama regrets his vote as a senator in 2006 against raising the debt limit — the same kind of increase he's now pressuring Congress to approve.
Obama "thinks it was a mistake," presidential spokesman Jay Carney told reporters. "He realizes now that raising the debt ceiling is so important to the health of this economy and the global economy that it is not a vote that, even when you are protesting an administration's policies, you can play around with."

http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110411/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_debt_limit

[Trajan]

8. Kick for exposure ....

These facts go DIRECTLY to the hypocrisy that belies every GOP position .....