Democrats link debt limit increase to increased spending; but President Obama said . . .

centernewsnetwork.com:

Hmm. I recall President Obama repeatedly reassuring everyone that raising the debt limit was unrelated to any increase in spending . . .

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans and Democrats hit an impasse Sunday over spending in their last-ditch struggle to avoid an economy-jarring default in just four days and end a partial government shutdown that's entering its third week . . . The two cagy negotiators are at loggerheads over Democratic demands to undo or change the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts to domestic and defense programs that the GOP see as crucial to reducing the nation's deficit."