House Dems Signing Blank Check To Obama On Wrong Side Of American Public

Yesterday, a vast majority of Democrats in the House signed a letter with Nancy Pelosi effectively giving President Obama a blank check to raise the debt ceiling.

Lawmakers like Ann Kirkpatrick, Nick Rahall, and Cheri Bustos signed the missive telling President Obama to raise the debt ceiling without any conditions.

A new Bloomberg poll shows these lawmakers are clearly on the wrong side of popular opinion. In fact, it’s not even close.

By a 2-1 ratio, respondents oppose a “clean” debt limit hike.

According to Julie Davis,

“Instead, 61 percent say that it’s “right to require spending cuts when the debt ceiling is raised even if it risks default,” because Congress lacks spending discipline, according to a Bloomberg National Poll conducted Sept. 20-23.

‘That sentiment is shared by almost three-quarters of Republicans, two-thirds of independents, and a plurality of Democrats. Just 28 percent of respondents backed Obama’s call for a clean bill that has no add-on provisions.”

That’s right. Even a plurality of Democrats believe Kirkpatrick, Bustos, Rahall, and Pelosi are dead wrong to give the president a blank check.

Democrats in the House who simply believe the debt ceiling should be raised at will are just too extreme to be trusted with our money.

Seven years ago, then-Senator Barack Obama spoke of the country’s “debt problem” as a “failure of leadership.” That was when the debt was at $8.3 trillion.

Now it has doubled and the former senator—now president—wants a blank check to raise the debt ceiling.

It’s time to fight back. Join the House Republican majority and oppose raising the debt ceiling without any conditions.