Avenues Quote by Charlie Cook

It is simply science fiction fantasy to say that, if you do not raise the debt ceiling, that everything is going to collapse.

— Mike Lee

We need to get rid of the debt ceiling law. It's anachronistic and it's a problem.

— Mark Zandi

The debt ceiling is not something to toy with.

— Austan Goolsbee

When you don't have as much debt as we do, we don't have to worry about having this debt ceiling fight every single year.…

— Katie Pavlich

We would be somewhat foolish to work out something on stopping us from going over the cliff and then a month or six weeks…

— Harry Reid

Not raising the debt ceiling is a dangerous game of Russian roulette with our economy.

— Jonathan Capehart

I'm not a Republican or a Democrat, but George Bush has just put us so greatly into debt; now Obama's going to make it…

— Robert Kiyosaki

I think what's important to understand is if the United States hits the debt ceiling and is unable to pay its debts, the consequences…

— Kenneth Chenault

Politicians in their hubris who believe they can ignore debt or wish it away are sorely disappointed - as we see now with the…

— Victor Davis Hanson

Now, all of a sudden, these guys are so seized with the concern about the debt that they created.

— Joe Biden

“Since America is in so much debt maybe President Trump will file bankrupt”

— Omar Hickman

The Republican argument that raising the debt ceiling encourages additional future spending is logically irresponsible. The debt ceiling has to be raised to authorize…

— Eliot Spitzer