UPDATE: On Thursday, the Senate passed HR 430, the legislation that raised the debt limit to $9.815 trillion. See how your senator voted here. (Note: Of those senators who are currently candidates for president in 2008, only Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) voted against this legislation. Those conveniently missing the vote were: Senators Clinton, Obama, Biden, Brownback and McCain.)

The Senate voted 53-42 to raise the debt ceiling to $9.815 trillion, the fifth increase in the U.S. credit limit since President George W. Bush took office in January 2001. The U.S. House of Representatives approved the higher debt limit earlier this year as part of the overall budget resolution and the legislation now goes to Bush for his signature.

The illogical solution every time by our lawmakers is to increase the debt ceiling instead of finding ways to decrease spending. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is a exception to this.

But Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, urged lawmakers to reject the debt increase and concentrate on spending cuts instead.

"Families across America don't have the luxury of loaning themselves any money when they've maxed out their credit. But that's what we're going to do," Coburn said.

Once again, our Congress demonstrates their rabid need to continue spending, their lack of focus on the real fiscal problems faced by our country and the burden they continue to place on the taxpayers who continue to elect them. At what point will we hold them responsible?

Quote for the day: "It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.” - G. K. Chesterton

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9/21/07

The nation is approaching the current $9 trillion debt limit and Congress is considering raising the amount of money it can borrow and spend to $10 trillion. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is signaling his intent to force a recorded vote on such proposed legislation.

Watch the video below to see his conviction!