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Debt Limit Vote Shows Democrats Gain in Narrow Win
The House approved a debt ceiling increase from 330 billion to 396 billion by 215 to 199 as conservative Southern Democrats backed the measure. Only two Republicans opposed, while party leadership leveraged Mills on the floor. Treasury concerns cited unexpected wartime costs and Vietnam funding needs.
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Washington
House
Congress
GOP
House Gop
Robert J. Carbett
Pennsylvania
Charles W. Whalen Jr
Ohio
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Dixie
U.S
Vietnam
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler