THE SEAN HANNITY SHOW

Our Outrageous Debt Here we go again. We are right around the corner from hitting our debt ceiling, and Republicans in Washington have seemingly already given in. This Sunday, the federal government will run out of its ability to borrow money to pay down its obligations (debts). This means that Congress must act to increase the debt ceiling, which it has done an astounding 74 times over the last 50 years. In fact, the limit has been raised seven times on Obama's watch alone; it was $11.3 trillion when he took office and is currently $17.2 trillion and growing. But don't worry, the Republicans are ready to increase the ceiling without a fight - fearing the repercussions of another potential government shutdown. Mitch McConnell has already said that the Republicans aren't willing to fight hard enough on this one and risk a default or government shut down. He told CBS's "Face the Nation," "We will figure out some way to handle that." By "that" he means that the debt ceiling will be raised, yet again, without any attempts to address the perpetual increase in spending, our growing debt obligations or any other important legislative battles. Among the most powerful tools the Republicans currently have in Washington is the power of the purse and the leverage surrounding the funding of our government and our debts. Yet the Republicans are so quick to acquiesce on this issue that it makes you wonder why they aren't willing to use the leverage they have to advance their agenda or fight on the issues they promised to their constituents. Our debt and our obligations continue to grow and Republicans are too timid to do anything about that, much less use the opportunity to advance conservative ideas. Why, exactly, did the American people elect them into power in November? GOP Addresses Iran As the Obama administration and Iran inch towards a nuclear deal, 47 Republican senators have written an open letter to Iranian leaders to educate them on our U.S. Constitution. While President Obama claims that the U.S. is willing to walk away from a bad Iranian nuclear deal, it all depends on what his definition of bad entails. While the specifics of the deal have yet to be released, the following seems to be shaping up: Iran will be allowed to maintain its nuclear infrastructure and at a certain point in the future, there will be no limitations placed on its enrichment programs. In other words, Iran will be able to have a nuclear weapon sometime in the future. That sounds like a pretty bad deal to me and to a lot of people like Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, members of Congress and the American people. While Congress is currently holding off on an amendment that would place increased sanctions on Iran as the deal deadline closes in, 47 Republican senators have penned an open letter to Iranian leadership. The purpose of this letter is to explain to Iran that a deal signed between Barack Obama and Ayatollah Khamenei could potentially be moot once Obama's presidency ends. This is because the Obama administration insists that a deal does not need to be ratified by Congress, which is inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution ( as the senators explain in the letter). In other words, without Congressional ratification, any deal signed by Obama doesn't necessarily guarantee an fettered path for Iran in the years to come. It's a unique approach by the Republicans but well worth it; mad Mullahs with nuclear weapons is about as grave a threat as this world could face.