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and the debt. listen to this. i can say that this administration does not believe that the 14th amendment gives the president the power to ignore the debt ceiling. shannon: all right sm. democrats are pointing to a section that reads that the validity of the public debt of the united states should not be questioned. they say, based on that, they would support president obama, in raising the debt ceiling without congressional approval. joining me now to talk about that and many other thicks, former mississippi governor, republican, haley barbour. thank you for coming in. i hope the president doesn t try to do that. to try to take away from the congress the power that the constitution directly gives the congress. that is the power to to spend, the power to control the debt. i know that the treasury department has announced they are not going to do it. i hope they stick to that decision because this is we

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