By Susan Jones January 16, 2013
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) says he was "surprised" that President Obama "ignored the big issue" -- deficit reduction -- at his press conference on Monday. "I mean, he is misleading folks about what's going on here. He's saying we ought to pay our bills. Well, of course we ought to pay our bills. That misses the point. The point is, what are the bills going forward going to be?" Portman, interviewed Tuesday on CNBC's "Squawk Box," noted that Obama, when he was a U.S. senator, voted against raising the debt limit, calling it unpatriotic to run up the debt: "That was $6 trillion ago," Portman said. "The president then also went on to say that, gosh, it would be unrealistic to tie deficit reduction to raising the debt limit when, in fact, of course, that's exactly what's been done over the years." To Read More……
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