House passes bill to defuse debt ceiling    @CNNMoney January
23, 2013: 2:49 PM ET house republican debt ceiling  The House
passed a bill that would let Treasury continue borrowing
temporarily. It also includes a "no budget, no pay" provision
threatening to delay lawmaker pay.   The House on Wednesday
passed the "No Budget, No Pay Act," a Republican bill that would
effectively defuse the debt ceiling threat for several months.
The bill would let the Treasury Department borrow new money
until mid-May. In exchange, the legislation would require
lawmakers in both chambers of Congress to pass a budget
resolution or have their pay withheld until they do.  The vote
was 285 to 144. The bill passed largely on the back of GOP
support -- 199 Republicans voted for it. But Democrats were
needed, and 86 backed the measure.  Most House Democrats,
however, voted against the bill. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
called the salary provision a "joke" and Minority Whip Steny
Hoyer called the bill a "political gimmick" that perpet