House Speaker John Boehner said President Barack Obama wants the “unlimited ability” to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, which he opposed as a senator and presidential candidate.
“Do you think that Senator Reid or then-Senator Obama would have ever given to President George W. Bush, the unlimited ability to raise the debt limit?” Boehner said on Thursday at his weekly press briefing.
“I know they’re talking about doing it now. Do you think there’s any chance that Senator Reid or then-Senator Obama would have done that? Zero. Congress is never going to give up our ability to control the purse and the fact
is the debt limit ought to be used to bring fiscal sanity to Washington, D.C.”
is the debt limit ought to be used to bring fiscal sanity to Washington, D.C.”Boehner’s remarks were in response to a question about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s support for giving Obama the power to unilaterally increase the nation’s borrowing authority.
to unilaterally increase the nation’s borrowing authority.Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/13/boehner-obama-wants-same-unlimited-power-he-opposed-for-bush-video/#ixzz2ExuxVP00
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