WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House is moving to put U.S. bondholders and people on Social Security at the front of the line to be paid if the government hits its borrowing limit and is unable to meet all of its obligations.
The idea is to lessen the consequences of a U.S. default on its obligations if Congress and President Barack Obama can't find a way to lift the government's so-called debt limit later this year, in hopes of salvaging the government's credit rating and ability to borrow to pay its bills.
"It is imperative that credit markets are supremely confident that their loans are secure," said bill sponsor Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif.
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