McConnell: Senate GOP a No-Go on Debt Limit Hike Without 'Something Important'
- Fox News
- Mar 14, 2011
WASHINGTON -- All 47 Senate Republicans will vote against raising the debt ceiling unless "something important" is done to prevent the ever-increasing U.S. national debt, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday.
McConnell, R-Ky., said he would negotiate the deal on "Fox News Sunday" but the administration and Congress all know what that means.
"We're just not going to bring up the debt ceiling and everybody say all right. It's going to have to carry something with it that the markets, foreign countries, the American people believe is a credible effort to begin to get a handle on spending and debt," he said.
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