Obama to Congress: Raise debt ceiling without spending cuts
(MCT) — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama urged Congress on Monday to raise the nation’s debt ceiling without spending cuts, warning of dire consequences to the economy if lawmakers again push deliberations to the brink.
In the last news conference of his first term, Obama said he wouldn’t negotiate with congressional Republicans who wanted to use the obligation to lift the debt ceiling as an opportunity to curtail federal spending.
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