Some Senate Republicans Ready To Raise The Debt Ceiling - Huffington Post

[Siwsan]

The United States government is expected to hit the debt ceiling in less than two weeks, and Senate Democrats have said they're ready to raise it with a "clean" bill to avoid default on the national debt. Reports that Senate Republicans would consider supporting such a bill began to roll in on Monday.

Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have all floated the idea of voting for a clean debt limit increase, according to reports by Politico, ABC News and Public Radio International:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/07/senate-republicans-debt-ceiling_n_4060223.html

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I wish they would get Boehner in a corner, and force him to call for a vote. n/t

[Siwsan]

3. At this point, that's probably the nicest thing they'd do to him, if they had him in a corner

I have a feeling that Boehner is going to be persona non grata, in the future.

[Gothmog]

2. The Senate needs to call Boehner's bluff

I think that there are sufficient votes to pass a clean debt ceiling measure