House lawmakers return to Washington Tuesday to open the second session of the 112th Congress and their first move will be to block President Obama from raising the nation’s debt ceiling by $1.2 trillion.

Obama notified Congress last week that the nation was about to reach the $15.2 trillion limit on its borrowing authority and would be unable to keep paying its bills.

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