Rand Paul actually said...

This year alone, we will pay $295 billion in interest. This is more than we spend this year on seven Cabinet Departments, the White House, C...

I think it is a mistake also, though, to scare the markets and to talk of default and say default will occur if we do not have this vote imm...

We are currently on an imprudent and unsustainable fiscal path.

If we began working on this with advanced notice, which, we should--we are big boys and girls--we ought to be able to get it done in time.