Beijing Quote by David Burge

Counting obligations under Medicare and Social Security, the real debt of the United States is more than 10 times the reported national debt.

— Addison Wiggin

When President Obama asked Congress to raise the debt ceiling $2 trillion and offered sequestration as an offset, I opposed it. I did not…

— Mike Turner

The debt ceiling debacle is almost a horrible metaphor: It's as if a bomb went off at 800 Pennsylvania Avenue and sent shrapnel flying…

— Charlie Cook

“I think he came in truly trying to be post-partisan,” she said. “I think it took the debt ceiling fight to make him see…

— Jane Mayer

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure... It is a sign that…

— Barack Obama

Not raising the debt ceiling does not trigger a default, because we've got enough money to service our debts. Default is when you can't…

— Ted Yoho

America pays its bills. It always has. It always will. The fact that Washington is now debating whether to honor its debts and obligations,…

— Peter Welch

Bless his heart, I have respect for Mitt Romney, but I do not have respect for what he has done through this debt increase…

— Sarah Palin

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

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

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

Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally . Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad…

— Barack Obama