Posted on 10/23/2015 8:17:23 PM PDT by 100American
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/10/23/icymi-republicans-have-no-official-plan-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling/
Reaching a deal with Democrats would infuriate conservative GOP lawmakers who prefer a fight, but it shows the speaker no longer feels beholden to the party’s hard-right flank, which forced his early retirement.
“The speaker has made it clear that he wants to solve some outstanding issues before he leaves,” said a Boehner aide, who was not authorized to discuss the private deliberations. “No decisions have been made, but a resolution on the debt ceiling is certainly possible.”
In the Senate, GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Tuesday the “preference” was not to simply raise the debt ceiling on its own; but he declined to offer an alternative and said the Senate would “wait and see how the House deals with this.”
Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew has warned Congress not to wait until the deadline to act.
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Being the surrender wusses that the are ... they soon will.
Why would they? Obama will tell them what to do and they’ll do it.
They never have a plan they just raise the debt ceiling on demand. No plan needed.
Yep, why have a dept ceiling if they can raise it anytime they want to.
Ironically, those who forced Boehner out may only have emboldened him.
True dat
What did Reagan’s Congress do? That is what we should do. The reason Reagan was so good is because he had a congress that didn’t fight everything. Get it done Congress. You have the easiest job on the planet and still can’t get a thing done.
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Good! I really wish that the MSM would stop trying to portray that this would mean defaulting on our debt. It has no bearing on that at all! To say that is to say that we could not pay our interest on the debt is just wrong!
I am getting tired of those in the media including FOX that keep trying to project their idiocy about the debt. They can just lay off about 10000 government employees and make a great dent on the deficit while at it - my dream. You would think that the Congress could not prioritize spending..oh wait, maybe they can’t - ADD or SUBTRACT!!
I’d like to see the SAME Defense Spending Bill back on Obama’s desk — with a small debt ceiling increase attached.
In other words, we need to dare Obama to veto THAT!
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