Sep 7, 2017 ... In 2006, then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) refused to raise the debt ceiling for  President George W. Bush, trying to score political points against a weakened  White House that he was hoping to soon occupy. “The fact that we are here today  to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure,” ...
In 2006, did Barack Obama speak out against raising the debt limit? ... 'The fact  that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of  leadership failure. .... “Remarks by Sen. Barack Obama.” 16 March 2006. Farley,  Robert. “Obama Says Reagan Raised Debt Ceiling 18 Times; George W. Bush 7  Times.”
Jan 14, 2013 ... FACT CHECKER | As a senator, he said raising the debt limit is “a sign that the  U.S. government can't pay its own bills.” ... Then-Sen. Barack Obama, floor  speech in the Senate, March 16, 2006. As the saying goes, “where you stand  depends on where you sit.” This is certainly true of the votes to boost the ...
Oct 10, 2013 ... “I voted against a debt ceiling increase at the time because I had some concerns  about what President (George W.) Bush was doing.” The president ... “The fact  that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of  leadership failure,” Obama said on the Senate floor at the time. “Increasing ...
Dec 4, 2016 ... The House had then capped President Barack Obama's first week in office by  passing his $800 billion Recovery Act, a landmark emergency stimulus bill ... not  one House Republican had voted for the effort to revive it, prompting a wave of  punditry about a failed party refusing to help clean up its own mess ...
Then-Sen. Barack Obama "refused to raise the debt ceiling because he said President Bush had failed in leadership."