That's misleading. GOP employed their usual tactic of being completely fine with defaulting, and used split congress to force the cuts they wanted through. >Mc

That's misleading. GOP employed their usual tactic of being completely fine with defaulting, and used split congress to force the cuts they wanted through. >McConnell said that Republicans would not block a short-term increase of the debt limit until December, as long as Democrats met certain conditions. It would be nice if both parties were unhappy! However it's very clear which party owns power when it comes to the debt ceiling here, and the other bearing the potential burden of causing financial ruin.