Kirk warns Congress may punt on debt ceiling

"Maybe, or maybe not." That's what Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) thinks about Congress raising the debt ceiling.

The first-term senator and former House lawmaker from the suburbs of Chicago said on CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday that he'll "vote no on raising the debt ceiling — unless we have comprehensive, dramatic, effective and broad-based cuts to federal spending, including the reform of entitlement spending."

"The best play here is to have the bipartisan deficit commission report of the 'Gang of Six' attached to the debt limit extension," Kirk said. "That would be huge cuts in the future spending of the United States that may be a good deal. Without that, we should not send a blank check to the administration."

Kirk, of course, is referring to the the six Republican and Democratic senators working on a plan to slash the nation's debt. His fellow Illinois senator — Democrat Dick Durbin — is a member of the group, which is being led by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.).