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@volkris

Budgeting and debt ceiling have been managed on 2 separate tracks for decades. We can argue for the merits of that approach. The Democrats voted to expand expenditures, the GOP opposed that effort. They chose to use the management of the debt ceiling to force changes of expenditures. Usually that is a separate negotiation as thoughtful folks traditionally have opted not to threaten the credit standing of the country. In my view, that was reckless and foolish.