Democrats Stall Their Own Debt Bill

Earlier Today Democrats Said ‘Too Much Is At Stake To Waste Even One More Minute,’ Yet They Refuse To Vote Tonight>

DEMS ADMIT: ‘We Are Running Out Of Time,’ ‘We Have Hours – I Repeat, Hours – To Act’

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:> “…as I said earlier, we are now running out of time. It’s important for everybody to step up and show the leadership that the American people expect.” (President Barack Obama, Remarks By The President On The Status Of Debt Ceiling Negotiations, 7/29/11)

SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV): “Time is short, and too much is at stake to waste even one more minute.” (Sen. Reid, “Senate Majority Leader Reid Delivers Remarks on ‘Senate Will Act to Avert Default, Keep the Economy Alive,’” 7/29/11)

REID: “We have hours - I repeat, hours - to act. That is why, by the end of the day today, I must take action...” (Sen. Reid, “Senate Majority Leader Reid Delivers Remarks on ‘Senate Will Act to Avert Default, Keep the Economy Alive,’” 7/29/11)

REID: “The bottom line though is this. There's only one bill in Congress that is a true compromise. We're running out of time.” (Senate Democratic Leadership, News Conference, 7/27/11)

REID: “Time is of the essence. We are running out of time…” (Sen. Reid, Floor Remarks, 7/21/11)

SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY): “We are too close to the debt limit deadline, and there is no margin for error. This is crunch time. The clock is ticking.” (Sen. Schumer, Congressional Record, S.4496, 7/12/11)

SEN. DICK DURBIN (D-IL): “But we are down to 5 days. We are running out of time. We have to get this done.” (Sen. Durbin, Congressional Record, S.4999, 7/28/11)

SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA): “Every day it gets a little bit worse because day by day our country grows closer to defaulting on our sovereign debt.” (Sen. Feinstein, Congressional Record, S.4978, 7/28/11)

SEN. SHERROD BROWN (D-OH): “We are simply running out of time.” (Sen. Brown, Congressional Record, S.4932, 7/27/11)

SEN. MARK UDALL (D-CO): “…time is not our friend here and we cannot delay action any longer.” (Sen. Udall, Congressional Record, S.4933, 7/27/11)

SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-RI): “…time is running short.” (Sen. Whitehouse, Congressional Record, S.4934, 7/27/11)

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