Daniel Strauss in The Hill reports that New York's U.S. Senators split today, Tue., Aug. 2, on the vote to raise the debt ceiling by $2.1 trillion. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand voted against the bill, and Chuck Schumer voted for it. "The fact is, there is nothing in this deal that will address the significant jobs crisis we are facing," Gillibrand said in a statement shortly after the legislation passed. "This deal, cut behind closed doors with zero transparency, is an unbalanced approach that cuts deeply into discretionary spending while being overwhelmingly stacked in favor of large corporations who exploit loopholes and the wealthiest among us. It is simply not in the best interests of the middle class and the larger economic recovery," she said.

 Schumer agreed, those there votes were different. "There is nothing in this deal that will address the significant jobs crisis we are facing," Schumer said Tuesday, according to The New York Observer. On Monday, local representative Chris Gibson (R-Kinderhook) voted for the bill.