...unless there is unanimous consent for a balanced budget amendment !
Remember, it only takes 60 votes to overturn a filibuster, so don't let the media fear monger the public that the US will crash.
SEN. Mike Lee (R-Utah), a founding member of the Senate's Tea Party Caucus, has pledged to filibuster legislation to increase the debt ceiling.
Lee said a filibuster could be averted only if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and GOP leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) reach an agreement to pass a balanced-budget amendment through the Senate.
"I'm against raising the debt ceiling and so I'm resisting it," Lee said after the inaugural meeting of the Senate Tea Party Caucus in the Hart building on Thursday morning.
"The only scenario in which I can imagine not using the filibuster is if the leadership of both parties agree that as a condition of that they would first pass out a balanced-budget amendment."
Forum discussion:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...r-debt-ceiling
Source:
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/1...iling-increase
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