For all the gridlock in the age of President Obama and divided government, Congress has always, somehow, managed to avert a shutdown of the federal government and a catastrophic default on U.S. debt. And so many expect it to pull it off again when government funding runs out on Sept. 30 and the country’s borrowing authority expires later this fall.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=201959