Without Democratic votes the House Republican Leadership's debt ceiling
suspension bill, 'No Budget, No Pay' would not have passed. Of the 233 House
GOPers, only 200 voted Yea, requiring 18 Democratic votes to pass this
legislation. Speaker Boehner indeed got a majority of the majority, but 33
Republicans reneged, potentially leaving Republican leadership with their six
hanging in the wind.
This vote speaks volumes about future budget negotiations, sequester and the
next debt ceiling clash in May and how the Republican House Conference may be
expected to perform if its leadership does not meet its conservative litmus test
(defined by its lack of definition; they'll know it when they see it) on mandatory and discretionary spending.
Correction: 199 GOP yes votes; 86 Dem yes votes.
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