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Chuck DarwinItβs been obvious for months that Republicans in the House of Representatives intend to lead the country toward a #calamitous #debt #ceiling #crisis in order to get their way on #spending.
Only in the last few weeks, however, has it become clear just how truly #chaotic that process will be.
Republicans, it turns out, #donβt even #know #what #they #want in exchange for dropping their threat to cause a default, beyond a fuzzy shared goal of cutting federal spending.
Even if President Biden and the Democrats were inclined to negotiate with them to lift the debt ceiling β which would be a serious mistake β itβs not clear #who their negotiating partners would be.
The House has become so factionalized that its leaders cannot speak in one voice, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy may not be able to assemble a majority to lift the debt ceiling at all.
