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SEE: Tie Debt Ceiling Vote To Balanced Budget Amendment
by Ken Blackwell


[b][i]“Next spring, Republicans will be faced with a serious decision over whether to vote to raise the debt ceiling.

Failing to do so could signal foreign countries that the U.S. plans to default on our debt--an act that would surely have dire economic repercussions.

On the other hand, Tea Party activists -- and other conservatives -- might understandably view such a vote as evidence that Republicans still don’t “get itâ€