Debt Quote by Jacob Lew

Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting politically painful…

— Peter Welch

But the debt limit obviously is something that needs to and will be passed. That is not inconsistent with a process and a belief…

— David Plouffe

I can tell you if you look at the polls, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, they do not think we should increase the debt limit.

— Jim DeMint

I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I mean, it…

— Warren Buffett

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

I don't understand how the Republican party is the party with the reputation for fiscal conservatism and fiscal sanity, when they're the ones who…

— Bill Maher

The debt-ceiling vote isn't about what will be done in the future; it is about the integrity of America's commitment to support the bonds…

— John Sununu

In 2010, I proposed that Congress take its first pay cut in 77 years, and my effort had bipartisan support. And as part of…

— Ann Kirkpatrick

Debt has become a part of who we are.

— Dave Ramsey

Let's not forget that Congress bears a lot of responsibility for many of the problems we have now

— Colin Powell

If I was in Congress, I would not vote to raise the debt ceiling.

— Sean Hannity

Households and businesses cut expenses every day. Passing a financial down payment alongside the debt limit sends the right message to the public, and…

— John Sununu