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104 Current Congressional Republicans Who Voted to Increase Debt Ceiling Under Bush Without Hostage
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/104-current-congressional-republicans-who-voted-increase-debt-ceiling-under-bushBrady, Boehner, House Republican Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), and 84 other House Republicans who are still serving in Congress today voted for the bill (10 of whom are now Senators).
In the Senate, 50 Republicans — 17 of whom are still serving today — voted for the identical bill. Among them was Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who explainedthe bill was “necessary to preserve the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.” He observed that “without an increase in the debt limit, our Government will face a choice between breaking the law by exceeding the statutory debt limit, or breaking faith with the public by defaulting on our debt. Neither choice is acceptable.”
In total, Congressional Republican leaders backed five separate debt ceiling increases during Bush’s eight years in the White House. The still-serving Republicans heeding President George W. Bush’s call for a clean debt limit increase in 2004 were:
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in the Federal debt limit, and any evisceration of constitutional protections if proposed by a Repuke president, no matter how damaging. Repukes will vote against virtually every attempt by a Democratic president to promote the general welfare. The moral: Repukes give the impression of being self-serving putrid assholes. 
