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Originally Posted by panerd
So you aren't confused that the impeachment votes and debt ceiling votes etc always happen on party lines?
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The last debt ceiling vote happened August 1 and the vote was 67-28 on the basis of DEMOCRATIC votes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...06e_story.html
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Originally Posted by Washington Post
Republican leaders including Trump himself had been working to round up GOP support ahead of Thursday’s vote, trying to avoid a repeat of the outcome in the House last week, when a majority of Republican lawmakers ignored Trump’s pleas and voted against the deal. It passed the House anyway, on the strength of Democratic votes. The lobbying effort paid off in the Senate as more Republicans voted in favor of the deal than against it, by a margin of 30-23. Five Democrats also voted “no.”
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So no, they don't always seem to happen on party lines, do they?