Transcript of: Autopsy of the debt battle
WILLIAMS:
Good evening.
BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor:
The most divisive and potentially dangerous moment in recent history in
Washington
is now history. It was so ugly, even now that it's technically solved, it left otherwise sensible people worried about the future of their country. Here's what it sounded like when it ended.
Senator RICHARD DURBIN (Democrat, Illinois):
The ayes are 74 and the nays are 26. The motion to concur in the
House
amendment to
Senate bill
365 is agreed to.
WILLIAMS:
So the bill passed the
Senate
with ease, then over to the
White House
, where the president signed it. The debt limit's been fixed, but big steps remain. They'll now go back at it. Cuts are coming. If the president gets his way, the rich will pay more. Just the fight over it is already affecting the
US economy
. Then at the height of it,
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