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jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
Thu Sep 19, 2013, 01:04 AM Sep 2013

The Republicans were listening when they read off the Constitution, right?

On the first day of the last Congress, they made this huge fuss about reading the Constitution from start to finish. Apparently they skipped over this one:

In the 14th Amendment: 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.

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The Republicans were listening when they read off the Constitution, right? (Original Post) jmowreader Sep 2013 OP
That's not the only ONE they skipped over! elleng Sep 2013 #1
I don't think they forgot, it's why they are all grumpy and stubborn pediatricmedic Sep 2013 #2
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