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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Lynn Sweet

Debt ceiling vote: takeaways and how the Illinois congressional delegation voted

Congress is poised to avoid a default by raising the debt ceiling. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON — As the House was voting on the debt ceiling bill on Wednesday night, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., was hanging back, one of the last to vote.

When Schakowsky was sure there were enough votes to pass the measure and prevent the first default in U.S. history, she voted no. But if her vote was needed, she said she would have been a yes.

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