(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Senate passes debt ceiling legislation 63-36 [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-06-01 ‘Tis done. The debt ceiling bill was passed by the Senate 63-36 and will become law as soon as President Biden signs it. x BREAKING: Senate passes debt ceiling bill 63-36, sending it to President Biden's desk pic.twitter.com/WT8Yvz9nwA — MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 2, 2023 Will post more details of the final vote by party and the drama in the Senate today as I find it. Apparently, 30 Rs voted against the bill. 11 amendments were offered and voted down. Democrats that voted Nay — Fetterman (D-PA), Markey (D-MA), Merkley (D-OR), Sanders (I-VT) and Warren (D-MA). These are symbolic protest votes, to make the point that republicans screwed the American public with their hostage-taking tactics. Full list at www.senate.gov/... Sen. Schumer laying out his resolve this afternoon - x .@SenSchumer: "The Senate will stay in session until we send a bill avoiding default to President Biden's desk. We will keep working until the job is done. Time is a luxury the Senate does not have if we want to prevent default." pic.twitter.com/Esh3nbywMX — CSPAN (@cspan) June 1, 2023 An animated Schumer after the vote, castigating the republican party and its extremism - x Watch @SenSchumer speak live following passage of the bipartisan agreement to avoid default: https://t.co/tUOOtt6OwA — Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) June 2, 2023 So, we dodge a bullet, thanks to the hard work and the smart job by the President and Democratic lawmakers, much to the shame of the hostage-taking party. Let’s make sure the electorate understands what just happened and why the republican party cannot be trusted to lead this country. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/1/2172805/-Senate-passes-debt-ceiling-legislation-63-36 Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/