Congresswoman Janice Hahn votes against debt ceiling deal
Janice Hahn celebrating her victory on July 12. Photo Congresswoman Janice Hahn today cast her vote against the deal to raise the debt ceiling. Hahn, a Democrat sworn in only 13 days ago after winning the July 12 special election to replace Jane Harman as District 36 representative, said in a statement that she felt the deal was unbalanced. “This was a very difficult decision for me,” said Hahn. “The last thing any of us want to do is force our country into default. And, we never had to get to this point. We have raised the debt ceiling dozens of times. In fact, I voted to raise the debt ceiling without any strings attached just a few days ago. But in order to raise the debt ceiling and pay our bills, we were given legislation at the very last moment with the threat of default looming over us and I refuse to support this ‘compromise.’” The debt ceiling legislation passed the House in a 269-161 vote, with 66 Republicans and 95 Democrats voting no. The broad outlines of the deal include an immediate $900 billion increase to the debt ceiling and an additional $1.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion within the next year. An estimated $2.1 trillion in budget cuts are attached to the…
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