Obama: "We Are Not A Deadbeat Nation"
"If the House and the Senate want to give me the authority, so that they don't have to take these tough votes; if they want to put the responsibility on me to raise the debt ceiling, I'm happy to take it."
"If the House and the Senate want to give me the authority, so that they don't have to take these tough votes; if they want to put the responsibility on me to raise the debt ceiling, I'm happy to take it."