Source: United States Senator for Alabama Richard Shelby
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) today released the following statement regarding the Senate procedural vote on the House amendment to S.610, the legislation including language that allows for a fast-track process to increase the debt ceiling:
“Today I voted against a procedure that would allow Democrats to raise the debt ceiling. If Democrats want to continue spending trillions of dollars to fund their liberal wish list, they should do so alone and not with the help of Republicans. I am disappointed that some of my GOP colleagues have assisted them in this process. We said before that we wouldn’t help Democrats increase the debt ceiling again, and we are only as good as our word.”
Following the procedural vote, which was agreed to by a vote of 64-36, the Senate will move to consider the measure, which can then advance by a simple majority vote.
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