Debt ceiling: More Democrats threaten to vote against raising borrowing limit By Peter Wallsten, Published: April 28
A growing number of Democrats are threatening to defy the White House over the national debt, joining Republican calls for deficit cuts as a requirement for consenting to lift the country’s borrowing limit.
The tension is the latest illustration of how the tea-party-infused GOP is driving the debate in Washington over federal spending. And it shows how the debt issue is testing the Obama administration’s clout as Democrats, particularly those from politically competitive states, resist White House arguments against setting conditions on legislation to raise the debt ceiling....................>>>>..............>>>>>..............http://www.washingtonpost.com/...../AF5KvY8E_story.html
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