Tag: Emanuel Cleaver

“The debt ceiling will be raised… I won’t allow it not to be lifted… [I’d do what I have to do], then go home, punch myself in the stomach, then throw up.” – Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, appearing on Hardball For what it’s worth, Rep. Cleaver voted against the debt…

Last night President Barack Obama announced Democrats and Republicans in Congress have reached an agreement on a plan to raise the federal debt ceiling, an agreement that comes just days before our government was going to reach the debt limit and risk defaulting on the nation’s debts. According to the…