Black Caucus urges Obama to use 14th Amendment debt fix (Compare to Emancipation Proclamation!) � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL)

Black Caucus urges Obama to use 14th Amendment debt fix (Compare to Emancipation Proclamation!) � ~ BLOGGER.GUNNY.G.1984 ~ (BLOG & EMAIL):

"Black Caucus urges Obama to use 14th Amendment debt fix (Compare to Emancipation Proclamation!)
July 31, 2011 Gunny G

The Democratic members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) urged President Obama on Saturday to sidestep Congress and hike the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt limit on his own.

In a letter to the president, the lawmakers argue that he has “both the authority and a moral obligation” to invoke the Constitution’s 14th Amendment “to avoid an economic catastrophe of historic proportions.”"