Tom Cole is the kind of Republican President Obama will need to raise the debt ceiling. The Oklahoma congressman is certainly a conservative, but he’s also a pragmatist and a realist who urged Republicans early on to lock in income tax rates for almost all Americans, rather than risk the possibility of them automatically rising for everyone. He was one of only 85 House Republicans who voted in favor of the ‘fiscal cliff’ compromise on January 1.
But when it comes to raising the debt ceiling, Congressman Cole is adamant that he will not accede to President Obama’s unequivocal demand to raise it without any spending cuts.
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