VIDEO: Congressional Republicans Explain Importance Of Clean Debt Ceiling Increase

As Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), House Republican Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), and Congressional Republicans bring the nation closer to the brink of a default, they are vowing to hold the full faith and credit of the United States hostage to demands for everything from the destruction of the Affordable Care Act to a constitutional amendment. But Boehner, Cantor, and the GOP leadership voted for five separate debt limit increases during George W. Bush’s presidency, requiring no similar concessions.