claim: says the national debt and president barack obama's "refusal to control spending led to our nation's credit rating being downgraded for the first time in history."
author: rick perry
evidence_1: jan 25, 2013 ... rick perry that record debt and obama's "refusal to control spending led to our  nation's credit rating being downgraded for the first time in ...
evidence_2: several credit rating agencies around the world have downgraded their credit  ratings of the ... the 2011 s&p downgrade was the first time the government was  given a ... a credit rating assigned to u.s. sovereign debt is an expression of how  likely .... jon huntsman: huntsman blamed “out-of-control spending and a lack of  ...
evidence_3: jul 31, 2012 ... they were threatening to default on the nation's debt and destroy the ... by itself,  raising the debt ceiling does not increase federal spending. ... refused to vote for  an increase unless president obama agreed to ... after weeks of negotiations,  democrats and republicans agreed on the budget control act of ...
evidence_4: later that week, the credit-rating agency standard & poor's downgraded the  credit rating of the united states government for the first time in the country's  history, ...
evidence_5: aug 5, 2011 ... the united states lost its top-tier aaa credit rating from standard & poor's ... “the  downgrade reflects our opinion that the fiscal consolidation plan ... the  government's medium-term debt dynamics,” s&p said in a statement. ... on  august 2, president barack obama signed legislation designed to reduce the ...