GOP Senate Leader Pushes Republicans To ‘Seize’ Debt Ceiling Hostage

GOP Senate Leader Pushes Republicans To ‘Seize’ Debt Ceiling Hostage: Several Republican senators have recently said that they intend to take the federal debt limit — and thus the creditworthiness of the nation — hostage in order to force Democrats and President Obama to accept cuts to critical federal programs, including Social Security and Medicare. “Before we vote again to address the debt ceiling — [...]/p