"Gaetz said that he’s advocating for pausing consideration of the Pentagon spending bill and moving to bills that cut spending."

Joe Biden may think he has a success to celebrate as part of his re-election campaign, but Americans beg to differ.

“Maybe that’s why the Fed is tightening rates even further is to create a crisis so they can cut rates and monetize the debt," Pal said.

Our government is happily careening toward the fiscal cliff -- a cliff whose height increases along with each hike in our debt limit.

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"My conservative alternative to the Biden-McCarthy deal gives us a real opportunity to get our fiscal house in order," Paul wrote.

To pass the bill, Biden and McCarthy counted on support from the political center, a rarity in divided Washington.

McCarthy might need Biden's assistance in getting Democratic support just to get the deal passed by the House Rules Committee.

Law professor Jonathan Turley said this move would “reduce the separation of powers doctrine to junk bond status.”

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the federal government has a spending problem, not a taxing problem, when it comes to the runaway debt.