List of Democrats who voted against rasing debt ceiling in 2006
For those interested, here are other Democrats who voted ‘No’ on raising the debt ceiling in 2006, 2007 and 2008, and who consequently have no grounds to criticize their Republican colleagues for doing likewise in 2011:
So, when you hear the media claim Republicans are crazy and leading the country to doom, just remember that the same media had no problem with Democrat's opposition to raising the debt ceiling in 2006.
March 2006:
Akaka (D-HI)Baucus (D-IL) Obama (D-MT)Bayh (D-IN)Biden (D-DE)Bingaman (D-NM)Boxer (D-CA)Byrd (D-WV)Cantwell (D-WA)Carper (D-DE)Clinton (D-NY)Conrad (D-ND)Dayton (D-MN)Dodd (D-CT)Dorgan (D-ND)Durbin (D-IL)Feingold (D-WI)Feinstein (D-CA)Harkin (D-IA)Inouye (D-HI)Jeffords (I-VT)Johnson (D-SD)Kennedy (D-MA)Kerry (D-MA)Kohl (D-WI)Landrieu (D-LA)Lautenberg (D-NJ)Leahy (D-VT)Levin (D-MI)Lieberman (D-CT)Lincoln (D-AR)Menendez (D-NJ)Mikulski (D-MD)Murray (D-WA)Nelson (D-FL)Nelson (D-NE)Obama (D-IL)Pryor (D-AR)Reed (D-RI)Reid (D-NV)Rockefeller (D-WV)Salazar (D-CO)Sarbanes (D-MD)Schumer (D-NY)Stabenow (D-MI)Wyden (D-OR)
September 29, 2007 vote to increase debt limit by $850 billion:
Bayh (D-IN)Bingaman (D-NM)Boxer (D-CA)Brown (D-OH)Dodd (D-CT)Harkin (D-IA)Kerry (D-MA)Klobuchar (D-MN)Kohl (D-WI)Lautenberg (D-NJ)Leahy (D-VT)Lincoln (D-AR)McCaskill (D-MO)Menendez (D-NJ)Mikulski (D-MD)Nelson (D-NE)Pryor (D-AR)Reed (D-RI)Salazar (D-CO)Sanders (I-VT)Tester (D-MT)Webb (D-VA)Not Voting - 5Biden (D-DE)Clinton (D-NY)Obama (D-IL)
October 3, 2008: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, $700 billion increase in debt limit
Cantwell (D-WA)Dorgan (D-ND)Feingold (D-WI)Johnson (D-SD)Landrieu (D-LA)Nelson (D-FL)Sanders (I-VT)Stabenow (D-MI)Tester (D-MT)Wyden (D-OR)
Nice. You've shown plenty of Dems voted against raising the debt cieling in 2006.
But can you prove that:
1) Voting NO now is the same as voting YES then. Was the situation the same?
2) That the media had no problem whatsoever back then and does now, for the same reasons.
Will we also find Reps who voted for raising the debt ceiling in 2006-2007 and who are now against it?
The only difference is who is in power and who the media shills for.Originally Posted by budgie
2) That the media had no problem whatsoever back then and does now, for the same reasons.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sh...-ceiling-big-e
MSNBC's Chris Matthews and Andrea Mitchell have been telling viewers in recent days that Republicans considering blocking an increase in the debt ceiling could be creating a financial crisis.
Seven years ago after George W. Bush was re-elected and the debt ceiling had been raised in November 2004, the perilously liberal couple felt Republicans should be "embarrassed" for having done so (transcripts follow with commentary):
ANDREA MITCHELL: But what is looking over his shoulder is history. He wants a legacy. He wants to be able to do something about Social Security. He knows he's got to do something about deficit reduction. That is the big embarrassment for Republicans. They ought to be ashamed of themselves, what the Hill Republicans have done. They've been worse than Democrats.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: They just increased the debt ceiling.
MITCHELL: Exactly.
That doesn't make any sense. And to say the situation was the same in '06 as it is now is ignorant.
How about this - Wouldn't you say that a "no" vote against raising the debt ceiling when it was half its current size should be a "f*ck no" vote now that the debt has doubled? The debt today is $14.3 trillion. Servicing the interest on a debt of that magnitude is quite different from servicing the interest obligations on a debt half that size.
This all should be a non-partisan issue where both parties are working for a common goal - the financial welfare of the same countyr.
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure,” he said. “It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt limit.”
Sen. Barack Hussein Obama
March 2006
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You're forgetting Budgie isn't from America.
I really don't understand non-Americans propensity to comment on internal US politics and things like taxes. Every forum I discuss these things on has a majority of non-Americans defending Obama and Democrat's policies. What motivates them to so passionately defend and argue in favor of policies that have nothing at all to do with them?
This is because:
1. Americans usually have a lot of good advice for other countries as well. Most of it either insulting or simply stupid.
2. We want to see the demise of America and Barack Hussein Obama is our instrument of choice.
You show me where Americans have dictated or even commented on what taxes, policies or politicians the UK should have.
I think its more a desire to be American.2. We want to see the demise of America and Barack Hussein Obama is our instrument of choice.
This is off topic though. Back to the hypocritical media and Democrats.
Well, he is a Muslim you know. The Illuminati and the Taliban funded his campaign.
What Sen. Obama voted for back in 2006 has nothing to do with Pres. Obama of 2012. He is in a different position and has a bigger responsibilty that goes beyond politics. The whole debt debate is politics and I think the reublicans are not going to look well after all of this. I still honestly believe that they (dems and repubs) have already made up their minds and that they are only doing this to save face for their constituients. Some hard decisions may have been made and they want to show that they fought hard for their cause in order to lessen the political backlash. I expect to see a deal done soon.
The day Americans stop voicing opinions about foreign countries (the day the Scripture calls The Internet Armaggeddon), promise, I'll do the same.
Oddly enough, you don't seem that concerned about foreigners who would defend Republican policies. Is this still allowed?
For anyone who gives a damn, the vast majority of foreigners commenting on another country's internal politics/taxes on this forum are foreigners commenting on the US.The day Americans stop voicing opinions about foreign countries (the day the Scripture calls The Internet Armaggeddon), promise, I'll do the same.
Oddly enough, you don't seem that concerned about foreigners who would defend Republican policies. Is this still allowed?
I have never once started a pissing match with a citizen of another country telling them how stupid their system is, on which I am mostly ignorant. I leave that touch of class for everyone else.
And whats your excuse for the media? Why did they attack Republicans for raising debt ceiling and now attack them for being opposed to raising it?
Why Republicans? They aren't in charge. Democrats are in charge! Where is Obama's budget plan? What has Obama done to improve the economy? Again, if Republicans come out "not looking good", its going to have a lot to do with the MSM coverage of the debate.The whole debt debate is politics and I think the reublicans are not going to look well after all of this.
2 years late because of Obama and Democrats.I expect to see a deal done soon.
I'm just not seeing it. Why cant you give some examples?The day Americans stop voicing opinions about foreign countries (the day the Scripture calls The Internet Armaggeddon), promise, I'll do the same.
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