Connie Mack and Rand Paul Call for Vote of No-Confidence in Tim Geithner

Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Connie Mack said on Wednesday that he intended to introduce a measure of no-confidence against U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Mack has been calling for months for Geithners resignation.

Secretary Geithner repeatedly predicted that if the debt limit was not raised, the stock markets would crumble and our nation's AAA credit rating would be reduced, said Mack on Wednesday. Despite some members very public objections, the Congress as a whole went along and raised the debt ceiling as Geithner demanded. Immediately after, the foremost global financial markets fell precipitously, and Standard and Poors reducedAmericas credit rating.

Mack slammed Geithner on a number of other fronts including the continuing high unemployment rate across the nation and the state of the dollar.

Freshman U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said on Tuesday night he would introduce in the Senate the measure of no-confidence.