Tea party tees off on McConnell after debt vote [View all]
Source: AP-Excite
By DONNA CASSATA
WASHINGTON (AP) - The tea party is teeing off on Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
Matt Bevin, who is challenging McConnell in the GOP primary in Kentucky, seized on the senator's vote Wednesday to move ahead on legislation to increase the nation's debt limit, describing it as a blank check for President Barack Obama. The tea party-backed businessman and conservative groups signaled they won't let Senate Republican incumbents forget the vote this election year.
"Kentucky and America can literally no longer afford such financially reckless behavior from the likes of Mitch McConnell," Bevin said in a statement.
Setting the vote in motion was one of McConnell's Republican colleagues - Texan Ted Cruz, the tea party darling who has caused heartburn for his GOP colleagues in his year in the Senate.
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