Compromise?

A friend of mine, who I think is a Democrat, sent me an EMail saying

I asked Scott Brown to vote for the Harry Reid proposal to extend the debt ceiling.  How about you?

I said how about if we also ask John F Kerry to vote for what emerges from the House of Representatives?

Article I, Section 7, Clause 1, reads "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills."  Does this require the debt limit bill must originate in the House of Representatives?  I have dispatched an EMail, asking just that question.

But, even if the debt ceiling bill must originate in the Lower House (as our Founders wanted it), should not all the "Adults" in DC band together with a solution?  I use the term "Adults" because that is the term coming out of the MSM to distinguish everyone else from the Tea Party Caucus members in the House of Representatives.  At Wikipedia they list the 60 members of the Tea Party Caucus in the Lower House.

Given that the Tea Part Caucus has only 60 members and the House of Representatives, not counting Rep David Wu, has 434 members, and there are only 218 votes needed to pass legislation, couldn't it be that Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer are dragging their heels in getting this done?

Just saying.

Regards  —  Cliff