The Republicans’ rightly-maligned Cut, Cap, and Balance plan was set up to fail in the U.S. Senate. But it wasn’t meant to happen at the exact same time as the House GOP held a press conference to rally in support of the bill, with the deadline for raising the debt limit now just over a week away.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=109247