There was a weird roll call on the bill to raise the debt limit with no strings attached. The bill failed 97-318, with seven voting ‘present’ in protest. Most progressives, but by no means all, voted in the affirmative. Some centrists and Blue Dogs joined them. Pelosi voted against. I’m not sure what message, if any, the Democrats were trying to send. The vote that stood out for me was Rep. Martin Heinrich’s (D-NM), who voted ‘aye’ despite the fact that he’s running for Senate next fall. There could be considerations about his primary since he has some serious competition for the nomination, but he doesn’t appear to be worried that voting to extend the debt limit with no strings attached will come back to bite him.
Anyway, so that’s done. What does it mean? You tell me.
