Congressman Issa calls August 2 deadline for debt ceiling artificial

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Darrell Issa: Debt Deadline Is ‘Artificial’ Date Obama Is Using To ‘Extort’ A Deal From Congress | ThinkProgress

Congressman Issa calls August 2 deadline for debt ceiling artificial | 89.3 KPCC

Stocks fell today amid concerns that the White House and Congress will miss the August 2nd deadline to reach an agreement on raising the debt ceiling. One Republican Congressman considers it a political deadline.

Republican Congressman Darrell Issa of Temecula says this country should immediately raise the debt ceiling. "America’s never bounced a check. We’ve authorized spending through the end of Sept. We should raise the debt limit through the end of September."

There is a caveat: Issa wants the White House to adopt the 2012 budget the House passed. "We should not be having a discussion with a artificial deadline of August 2nd, set by the President so the President can extort a deal through his reelection period. That’s not right, it’s not what the American people expect us to do."

Except there's this:

Treasury reaffirms Aug. 2 debt ceiling deadline - Jul. 1, 2011

And this:

Countering Default Deniers, Paul Ryan Says Aug. 2 Is Drop Dead Date | ThinkProgress

House Republicans’ chief number cruncher pushed back on some of his fellow GOP congressmen in the so-called “hell no caucus,” who claim the Obama administration is lying or exaggerating the urgency of the Aug. 2 “drop dead” date for raising the debt ceiling. On Fox News host Sean Hannity’s radio show this afternoon, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the chairman of the Budget Committee, refused to agree with Hannity that the date was “artificial,” saying he’s run the numbers several times and concluded that Aug. 2 is indeed the day when Treasury “needs to start prioritizing bills,” give or take a day or two

You can listen to it after the jump there.

Also this:

Boehner: Raising Deficit By August 2 Deadline "A Crapshoot"

 

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facts dont matter , they like their own lies better than facts