WASHINGTON -- House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Wednesday night became the latest Democratic leader to throw his support behind the idea of President Barack Obama using the 14th Amendment of the Constitution to raise the debt ceiling on his own.
That option is "arguably in his power," Hoyer said on MSNBC's "The Ed Show."
"Very frankly, if it came down to his looking default in the eye on Tuesday or taking this action, as President Clinton said, it would be better to take the action and find out later that perhaps he went beyond his authority but �?� protected the creditworthiness of the United States of America."
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