The ratings agency Moody’s is threatening to reduce the rating of five states with AAA credit (along with the rating of the federal government) if Congress fails to raise the debt limit in early August. Now the governor of one of those states — Maryland’s Martin O’Malley — is publicly singling out the Republicans in Congress who are preventing swift action on the debt limit.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=109326