‘Totally irresponsible’: Pelosi slams GOP for threatening to oppose debt ceiling extension
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(Worthy News) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized congressional Republicans on Wednesday for threatening to oppose an extension of the federal debt ceiling, arguing that such an act is “totally irresponsible.”
Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, bemoaned the politicization of the federal government’s debt and budget during a Capitol Hill press conference.
“Let me just say the Constitution says that the ‘full faith and credit of the United States is not to be in doubt.’ It shouldn’t be,” Mrs. Pelosi said. “I don’t know how we got this custom of having to deal with it each year because it is controversial.” [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
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