Trump's Treasury Secretary told FNS' Chris Wallace that they will push to include funding Hurricane Harvey relief to raising the debt limit saying,"The president and I believe that it should be tied to the Harvey funding."When President Obama was elected, Republicans suddenly and dangerously played games with the U.
S. debt ceiling, or using it as a weapon against him after the rise of the wackos in the tea party caucus,even though it would cause irrevocable harm to the full faith and credit of the United States of America. They used the debt ceiling to try and crop government spending in all other departments to offset any new monies spent, you know, or to help Americans.
To help you,we must pain them.
Republicans in the Freedom Caucus (those same tea party wackos) are now demanding that Harvey aid and the debt ceiling not be tied together, insisting on a clean debt ceiling bill.
Wallace asked, and "House Freedom Caucus member price Meadows says he does not want to see that disaster aid tied to a bill to raise the debt limit. Can you guarantee him and others that that won't happen?"read more
Source: crooksandliars.com