Democratic "No" votes on the Debt Limit agreement (46)

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15. That's not how politics works.

The Democratic caucus will certainly support the Democratic president's plan. They've talked among themselves and they've planned how each Democratic representative will vote. Hakeem Jeffries is doing his job. They know they have enough yes votes, along with Republican yeses, to pass it.

Now, there's a bunch of Democratic representatives who represent liberal districts, and they're going to vote no in order to show that they're listening to their voters. This vote protects them from maybe being primaried, or even losing to a Republican in the next election. Remember the kinds of lying ads that Republicans run. Remember, representatives are elected every two years. They're never not running for re-election.

This is fine. This shows how strong the Democratic position is. This is hurting the Republicans, not us.