When President Obama asked Congress to raise the debt ceiling $2 trillion and offered sequestration as an offset, I opposed it. I… — Mike Turner Copy Share Image
It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's… — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
Obama has been perhaps the most partisan President since Truman. He hasn't learned to be civil - note his insulting speech to… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
The economy is terrible it's been terrible for years now, and the reason it's bad is not because of a debt-ceiling vote.… — Todd Rokita Copy Share Image
If we hit the debt ceiling, that's... essentially defaulting on our obligations, which is totally unprecedented in American history. The impact on… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
Raising the debt ceiling is not additional spending. It is simply saying, you, the United States of America, can continue to borrow… — Jay Carney Copy Share Image
Here's the perversity of Wall Street's psychology: The more Wall Street is convinced that Washington will act rationally and raise the debt… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
I think the whole issue of a debt ceiling makes no sense to me whatsoever. Anybody who is remotely adroit at arithmetic… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The debt ceiling at some point has to be raised. I don't think there's anybody that questions the fact that if we… — Bob Corker Copy Share Image
You watch television and see what's going on on this debt ceiling issue. And what I consider to be a total lack… — Steve Wynn Copy Share Image
When President Obama was in the Senate, when he was a U.S. senator, he voted against raising the debt ceiling. And he… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers Copy Share Image
If we had decided on January 5, in the new House of Representatives, to make no new spending bills, the debt ceiling… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
We're not going to default. We just won't default. I mean, there are ways of not defaulting even if you don't raise… — Eric Bolling Copy Share Image
I think what's important to understand is if the United States hits the debt ceiling and is unable to pay its debts,… — Kenneth Chenault Copy Share Image
Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally . Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The debate we won't be having is whether or not the debt ceiling should be raised. We will not have a situation… — Jay Carney Copy Share Image
