2/5/14
Unit 1
House GOP Leaders Talk Debt Ceiling
Many Republicans in the House are opposed to raising the debt ceiling and therefore will not be giving enough votes to help John Boehner, the Speaker of the House (R), raise the debt ceiling. He planned to issue a debt bill that would include the "GOP priorities" in it. Two of their ideas were to make the Keystone XL pipeline have a required approval and the second was to get rid of a part of Obamacare that helps insurance companies. Because many Republicans do not want the debt ceiling raised this did not go through. Both the President and the Democrats in the Senate have said that they will not negotiate on raising the debt ceiling, both are in favor of doing so. Boehner will most likely have to put a "clean" bill forward, to the dismay of many Republicans, though there are more meetings this week. The United States officially reaches the debt ceiling this week but the Treasury has made some adjustments that gives it around a month left.
The debt ceiling debate happens a lot, every time we come close to reaching the ceiling again there is a debate between the Republicans and Democrats. Republicans do not want the ceiling to rise because there is an issue if you keep raising it- when will they stop? Democrats, however, are in favor of raising it to keep the Americans life the same and limit as many budget cuts as they can that can affect life today. The idea that America has these two branches of congress is called a bicameral system. The article also shows examples of how America has a representative democracy where the people elect officials to show their will.This issue highlights not just a struggle between Republican and Democrat but also between House, Senate, and even the President.
Link to CNN story: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/05/house-gop-leaders-discard-two-key-demands-for-raising-debt-ceiling/?hpt=po_c2
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