Vote postponed on U.S. debt crisis
Posted Jul 30, 2011 11:46 pm.
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It was originally expected to happen early Sunday morning, but Senate majority leader Harry Reid has postponed a cloture, or test-vote, on his debt plan until 1:00pm Sunday afternoon.
When it was announced that the vote was originally going to take place at 1:00am Sunday morning, Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski spoke out, calling the idea absurd.
U.S. President Barack Obama is seeking an agreement to raise the government’s $14.3-dollar debt limit by enough to tide the treasury over until after the 2012 elections.
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