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===Voted agaist debt ceiling increase===
===Voted agaist debt ceiling increase===
In 2006 Senator Obama's vote against an increase in the [[National debt]] ceiling. Obama stated that raising the debt was "a sign of leadership failure." When the question was posed to former press secretary [[Robert Gibbs]] on January 5, 2011, Gibbs said Obama's vote was acceptable because it was symbolic.<ref>http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/04/obama-once-opposed-debt-ceiling-hike/237129/</ref>
In 2006 Senator Obama vote against an increase in the [[National debt]] ceiling. Obama stated that raising the debt was "a sign of leadership failure." When the question was posed to former press secretary [[Robert Gibbs]] on January 5, 2011, Gibbs said Obama's vote was acceptable because it was symbolic.<ref>http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/04/obama-once-opposed-debt-ceiling-hike/237129/</ref>
=== Bills co-sponsored ===
=== Bills co-sponsored ===