WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A top U.S. House Democrat said Tuesday congressional Republicans are hurting the country by playing "debt limit chicken."
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland told reporters on Capitol Hill inaction by what he called the "no agenda Congress" is hurting Americans who are unemployed or working in low-wage jobs, and suggestions by Republicans they will only raise the federal debt limit in return for concessions from Democrats damages the country internationally.