The last time the US debt rating was downgraded was in 1996 over fears the then-Republican majority would block a debt-ceiling vote. Eric Cantor, who’s been pushing for House Republicans to do the same thing in 2011, calls today’s Standard & Poors downgrade a “wake up call” … that vindicates him.
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