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Senate Republican leader blocks debt limit vote
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks to a podium to deliver remarks to the press on Capitol Hill in Washington November 14, 2012. \.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday prevented a simple majority vote on a proposal to give Democratic President Barack Obama unilateral power to raise the debt limit.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid brought the measure to the floor for consideration at the request of McConnell. But McConnell refused to permit a vote after Reid said it could pass with 51 votes in the 100-member Senate. McConnell demanded 60 votes needed for passage.
The jockeying played out as Democrats and Republicans seek to end a stalemate on how to resolve spending and tax issues by year's end.
(Reporting by Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan; Editing by Stacey Joyce)
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That in itself is a very good reason to stop it no matter what it’s for.
No debt limit by decree of the President?
Wonder how that would have gone over under President Bush?
It’s kind of like an incumbent cancelling an election because you don’t like how the polls are leaning. These maneuvers are why the republicans are viewed so negatively in the broader public.
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