The Washington Pos t recently reported that some Republicans in the U.S. Senate are vowing to hold up legislation until the chamber finds a way to seriously cut spending and overhaul the budget. One of them is Marco Rubio , who is making the fight about President Barack Obama and drawing cheers from the conservative gallery. # “You cannot solve issues of this magnitude without presidential leadership,” he told conservative radio jockey Mark Levin during a discussion of the national debt.