Debt Bill To Be Voted On This Afternoon….Likely To Pass; Update: Republicans “Proud” of Boehner; Update: Bill Passes House 269-161

Last night our lawmakers got a deal done to balance the budget and raise the debt limit. A powerpoint was released by Boehner’s officer:

But here are the highlights from Jake Tapper:

  • More than $900 billion in deficit reduction over 10 years through discretionary spending caps . $350 billion of that comes from the Pentagon;
  • Debt limit increased by at least $2.1 trillion — through 2013…see below for more on how that happens;

With Republicans like these, who needs Republicans? [Reader Post]

It’s no wonder we’re so screwed.

Barack Obama has decided that he is the king of the United States and Republicans are in meek compliance. Obama unilaterally took us to war in Libya on a false premise. Libya was never an imminent threat. Obama invoked the War Powers Act in defense of his actions but now that the 60 days has passed Obama simply declared that he will simply not abide by the law.