 house gop will offer clean debt ceiling increase after announcing on monday evening that they would put forward a debt ceiling bill that included a restoration of pension benefits to veterans the house gop leadership decided by tuesday morning that they didn t have the votes to pass the measure which the democrats oppose what s going on here read the full story make your own decision  wwwhumaneventscom 20140211 houserepublicanswilloffercleandebtceilingincrease   house gop will offer clean debt ceiling increase  