Debt Ceiling Quotes - Page 2

• I would be embarrassed to tell you how many folks ran saying that they weren't going to spend a bunch of money, they weren't going to raise the debt ceiling, and then they went to Washington, D.C., and did exactly that.

  Mick Mulvaney

  Ceilings, Would Be, Debt

  "Freshman 'embarrassed' by rookies" by Jake Sherman, www.politico.com. January 10, 2012.

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• The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.

  Charles Schumer

  Simple, Ceilings, Debt

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• We would be somewhat foolish to work out something on stopping us from going over the cliff and then a month or six weeks later Republicans pull the same game they did before and say, 'We're not going to do anything - unless this happens, we're not going to agree to increasing the debt ceiling.' I agree with the president, it has to be a package deal.

  Harry Reid

  Games, Work Out, President

  "Reid: Tie debt ceiling, fiscal cliff" by Seung Min Kim, www.politico.com. November 27, 2012.

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• 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 in every direction. I don't know what these guys think they're doing, but it looks like they're committing political suicide.

  Charlie Cook

  Suicide, Thinking, Guy

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

  Sean Hannity

  Debt, Ceilings, Vote

  "Hannity", Fox News, April 12, 2011.

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• Our real debt ceiling isn't decided by Washington; it's decided by Beijing.

  David Burge

  Real, Debt, Ceilings

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