Matt Sokoloff

While the Republicans are being criticized for not supporting PAYGO, I thought it was important to highlight that not all the Democrats support the legislation. Fifteen democrats didn’t vote for it including Suzanne Kosmas of New Smyrna Beach who was at one point a cosponsor. Here is the explanation of why.

Meanwhile, a Kosmas aide wrote this in response to the question about today’s votes:

“She is a strong supporter of PAYGO (cosponsored it, voted to pass it clean), but she is committed to fiscal responsibility and felt that despite the procedural attempt to separate out the PAYGO from the debt limit increase, the underlying resolution would increase the debt limit and she does not want to play procedural games with our nation’s financial future.”