Claim: The deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling will "directly link a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts for the first time ever."
Fact-check: New Jersey Rep. Jon Runyan claims debt ceiling compromise links "a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts for the first time ever"
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Bill Wichert
Date published: 2011-09-09T00:00:00