Debt ceiling deadline: Why it matters - May. 16, 2011
As the article states, each time Congress votes to appropriate money, it votes to raise the debt ceiling. When the GOP pushed through their tax cuts for the wealthy, they in essence, noted to raise the debt ceiling.
GET REAL PEOPLE!
How many times has the ceiling been raised? Since March 1962, the debt ceiling has been raised 74 times, according to the Congressional Research Service. Ten of those times have occurred since 2001.
As the article states, each time Congress votes to appropriate money, it votes to raise the debt ceiling. When the GOP pushed through their tax cuts for the wealthy, they in essence, noted to raise the debt ceiling.
GET REAL PEOPLE!