President Obama didn't spike it ... but he could have
On Wednesday night, 16 days into the costly Republican shutdown, President Obama officially reopened the government and avoided a catastrophic default:
President Barack Obama signed a bill that ends the 16-day partial government shutdown and raises the debt ceiling, the White House said early Thursday morning.
The signing followed votes in the
Senate and then in the
House, where Democrats led the way in ending the long, Republican temper tantrum over Obamacare. (At least for now.)
But something to remember going forward: 144 Republicans in the House and 18 Republicans in the Senate voted for the United States to default on its debt. They were willing to destroy the full faith and credit of this country to ... what? Grow Ted Cruz's email list?