Bachmann phones it in to Iowa as debt ceiling vote nears
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WASHINGTON - For the second time within a week, Michele Bachmann has put her presidential campaign in Iowa on hold to address the debt ceiling issue in Congress.
The GOP congresswoman's campaign announced that instead of attending in person, Bachmann will, schedule permitting, call into an event in Newton, IA from Washington, where a House vote on raising the government's borrowing authority is expected later today.
Bachmann has opposed any increase in the debt ceiling that does not gut last year's healthcare law.
Despite Bachmann's opposition, the debt limit increase appears set to pass both houses of Congress.
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