Dem Sen. Joe Manchin bucks party on debt limit
Manchin said this morning in a speech at University of Charleston in West Virginia that he will vote against raising the federal debt ceiling unless there is a budget plan to address the nation's deficit problems and financial mess.
"I have never put together a budget - be it my family's or as governor - that was based on how much we wanted to spend, but on what we had," Manchin said, according to prepared remarks released by his office. "That is why I will vote against raising the debt ceiling unless the vote is linked to a real budget plan that begins to fix our fiscal mess. We cannot make budgets based on the next election; they must be based on the next generation."