CNN Legal View With Ashleigh Banfield September 19, 2013 15:35:00
Itten clu eincludes reforms. including a delay of the president's health care law. there's a commonsense principle here. if you're going to raise the debt ceiling, you should work to reduce the deficit and grow the economy at the same time. the president's remarks notwithstanding. the white house may not get it but, frankly, the american people get it. every major deficit reduction plan over the last 30 years has been tied to the debt limit. in 1985, president reagan signed the deficit reduction bill. which included an increase in the debt limit. when president bush reached a budget deal with ...