Coburn: Republicans Need ‘Glide Path’ to Raise Debt Limit

Saturday, 09 Apr 2011 12:32 AM

Republican Senator Tom Coburn said the budget battle that brought the government to the brink of shutting down this week is far less important than resolving the partisan fight over raising the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling this summer.

“You’re not going to have the first Republican vote for that until we have a plan that puts this country on a glide path to solving its problems,â€