Obama: No Negotiating On Debt Ceiling

In his last news conference of the year President Obama asserted there’d be no negotiating on the need to raise the debt ceiling that threatens to create turmoil when Republicans get in the way of doing what they’ve done for every other president.

During a White House press conference CNN’s Brianna Keilar asked the president if he was open to negotiating with House Republicans over raising the debt ceiling next time the country reaches its borrowing limit.

“Oh, Brianna, you know the answer to this question. No, we’re not going to negotiate for Congress to pay bills that it has accrued,” Obama said.

The president then pivoted to praising House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) and his Senate counterpart, Patty Murray (D-WA) for crafting a bipartisan budget deal.

“Here’s the good news, I want to emphasize the positive as we enter into this holiday season: I think Congressman Ryan and Sen. Murray did a good job in trying to narrow the differences and actually pass a budget that I can sign,” Obama said. “It’s not everything that I would like obviously.”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.