Obama Voted Against Raising Debt Ceiling in 2006, Now Pushes for Debt Ceiling to be Raised in 2010

Katie Pavlich | January 06, 2011 9:36 AM

In 2006, then Senator Barack Obama voted against raising the debt ceiling.That year, the National Debt according to the Treasury Department was $8,506,973,899,215.

Now, in 2010, the National Debt stands at a historic high of $14,010,072,800,000 and President Barack Obama is pushing for Congress to raise the debt ceiling.

Watch as Robert Gibbs tries to spin this one.

Obama Voted Against Raising Debt Ceiling in 2006, Now Pushes for Debt Ceiling to be Raised in 2010

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