Rep gets an earful over vote on debt

WINDER -- Angry constituents confronted U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall on Monday night about his vote to raise the federal debt ceiling.

About 150 people attended the town hall meeting at the Barrow County Courthouse annex. Many shouted out questions and criticisms of his vote in favor of a deal to cut spending and let the federal government keep borrowing money through 2012.

Paul Leslie of Winder likened it to driving a bus off a cliff, then opening a parachute.

"Some things you can't compromise on," he said. "You can't compromise with evil."

Woodall, R-Lawrenceville, said he understands that viewpoint, but stood by his vote.

"I'm proud of that vote," he told the crowd.

"We're not," one man called out.

Woodall was one of just three Georgia Republicans, along with Sen. Johnny Isakson and Rep. Tom Price of Roswell, to vote in favor of the bipartisan debt ceiling deal Aug. 2. He said he did so because it cuts spending by about $2.5 trillion over 10 years, requires a vote on a constitutional balanced-budget amendment that Woodall supports and kept the government from defaulting on its obligations.

"If we don't raise the debt ceiling, we still owe you your Social Security ben

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