Joint Resolution 25 would disapprove of President Obama\\\’s intent to raise the national debt ceiling by an additional $500 billion on top of the immediate $400 billion increase under last August\\\’s budget deal (Senate vote #12 above). If the motion of disapproval were enacted, the additional $500 billion increase would not go into effect. S. J. Res. 25 is similar to H. J. Res. 77.
The Senate rejected a motion to proceed to the resolution of disapproval on September 8 by a vote of 45 to 52 (Roll Call 130). We have assigned pluses to the yeas because piling on more and more debt is devastating to the economy.
