Damn near a tie

Rico says this is not how government should be run; you'd think we were some banana republic somewhere:

The House of Representatives finally approved a plan for a short-term increase in the debt ceiling and cuts in spending, ending a week of intense fighting among Republicans and shifting the end game of the debate to the Senate The vote was 218-210, leaving House Speaker John A. Boehner with 22 Republicans who were unwilling to support his efforts to get a bill approved.

Rico says that's what he's gonna start calling them now: Banana Republicans. (Fuck the Tea Party, too.)