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Poll: Americans disagree with Obama’s call for ‘clean’ debt limit increase
Wash Post ^ | 26 Sept 2013

Posted on 09/26/2013 7:00:31 PM PDT by 11th_VA

A new Bloomberg poll shows six in 10 Americans disagree with President Obama's call for Congress to pass a so-called "clean" debt limit increase -- i.e. a bill that increases the government's borrowing authority without any spending cuts or other provisions.

The poll shows 61 percent disapprove of such a strategy, while 28 percent say the debt limit should be raised no matter what in order to protect the full faith and credit of the United States government.

It's not unusual for Americans to favor the broad idea of spending cuts, but the poll suggests the GOP may have the upper hand when it comes to luring Obama away from his hard-line stance on the debt limit.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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As long as that Boy is in the White House, America is Ridin’Dirty.

There is no clean CR that includes funding for Obamacare


21 posted on 09/27/2013 2:00:31 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
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