If President Bush was in office, would we be having this fight over the debt ceiling? No, we wouldn’t. This is pure Republican obstructionism. They are putting Party over our Nation.
The Republican leadership voted to raise the debt limit by over four trillion dollars during the Bush administration after voting for the Bush tax cuts for the rich. Senator McConnell, Speaker Boehner, and Representative Cantor voted for each increase. Senator Jon Kyl voted for every increase except the first.
- In June 2002 they raised the debt limit by $450 billion to $6.4 trillion.
- In May of 2003 they raised the debt limit by $900 billion to $7.3 trillion.
- In November of 2004 they raised the debt limit by $800 billion to $8.1 trillion.
- In March of 2006 they raised the debt limit by $781 billion to $8.9 trillion.
- In September of 2007 they raised the debt limit by $850 billion to $9.8 trillion.
We know that Senator John Cornyn lets Senator McConnell think for him, so it’s a reasonable assumption he voted for “Yea” in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007.
