“Enough is enough. … This shouldn’t be about positioning in politics, and I’ll see you all tomorrow.”
— President Barack Obama, walking out of a meeting with congressional leaders on how to reduce the federal deficit
“Look, he owns the economy. We refuse to let him entice us into co-ownership of a bad economy.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, on his proposal to give Obama the power to increase the debt limit by $2.4 trillion
“Wow, stupid idea.”
A tweet by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, on McConnell’s plan
“They don’t care anything about Democrats or Republicans or the president. They care about money, the bonds and the securities. They don’t give a rat’s fanny about who is to blame”
Former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., who co-chaired the White House’s deficit reduction panel last year, on credit rating agencies contemplating downgrading the U.S. government’s debt
