House Republicans on Wednesday will vote to disapprove a request by Obama to add $1.2 trillion to the $15.2 trillion debt. The vote affords an opportunity to highlight multiple trillion-dollar deficits under the president’s leadership.
Some conservatives members are angry however that the vote, like an earlier debt-ceiling increase in September, has no teeth and plan to give leaders a piece of their mind upon returning Tuesday…
“The deal we cut in August: that’s a joke,” Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) said, adding it is just a fig leaf for some Republicans to say they are against more debt even though they essentially approved it in August…
He said some members were so angry in December they wrote down their thoughts to remember them when Congress comes back this week.
“Every time we pushed, we gave up,” Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) said, giving a tough assessment to the budget battles of 2011.
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