House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday defended his decision to reignite debate over raising the nation’s debt ceiling.

A group of 100 Democratic Congressman, led by Jim Himes (D. CT), sent a letter to Obama yesterday urging him to veto a bill that would roll back the defense cuts. Scheduled to take effect in 2013, the sequestration cuts would include $500 billion from the Department of Defense, the…