Will Congress fail to raise the debt ceiling?

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

Remember Trump has said in the past that a "Default would be good for the country"

[mvd10]

No. A default would be a disaster of catastrophic proportions.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Remember Trump has said in the past that a "Default would be good for the country"

Fortunately, most in Congress (there are a few exceptions) are smart enough to understand the consequences.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

They'd have to be monumentally stupid, so yeah quite possibly.

[Kingpoleon]

It's not that I would vote against it - it's that I think we need our government to solve the problem causing this controversy.

[PragmaticPopulist]

Probably not. No one except Trump and his core supporters really take the wall seriously. If congress passes a budget without the wall in it and Trump vetoes it, they'll probably just override the veto.

[Mr. Reactionary]

I wonder if the Pubs dust off that idiotic platinum coin idea.

[The Other Castro]

No, but a Gov. Shutdown is possible.

[Devout Centrist]

It's not that I would vote against it - it's that I think we need our government to solve the problem causing this controversy.

We need to repeal the debt ceiling, yes

[JerryArkansas]

With how stupid they've been so far, I say odds are 50-50 they can't raise it.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

No, but Trumpolini will not be the slightest bit helpful. (Which won't stop him from taking credit while blaming the Democrats.)

[Santander]

Considering Congress already has the power of the purse, the debt ceiling is arbitrary and redundant. It should be abolished.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I wonder if the Pubs dust off that idiotic platinum coin idea.

I would presume no, as Mnuchin has said that he will use the technique of prioritizing the most important bills should the debt ceiling be breached.

[ProudModerate2]

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trump was an idiot when he tweeted that in 2013 and nothing has changed ... he is still an idiot.
Remind me again why someone would vote for this clown ?

[GeorgiaModerate]

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If I was a Republican, I'd be embarrassed about Trump too.

[NewYorkExpress]

I imagine it will pass the House, but whether a raise in the debt ceiling survives a Cruz/Paul/Lee filibuster is up in the air.

[HisGrace]

No. But then again I thought them passing health care was ultimately a shoe-in so who knows?

[Bojack Horseman]

I hope so. If I'm Pelosi, I'm withholding the votes so it's exposed yet again that Republicans can't even avoid an Armageddon debt situation left to their own devices. Let them default on the debt and let them own it.

[NewYorkExpress]

I hope so. If I'm Pelosi, I'm withholding the votes so it's exposed yet again that Republicans can't even avoid an Armageddon debt situation left to their own devices. Let them default on the debt and let them own it.

That would be idiotic, and Nancy Pelosi isn't an idiot. Besides, Trump is going to veto this, and with a divided Republican Party, an override isn't guaranteed unless all Democrats voted for it, and hard-core partisans like Barbara Lee and Keith Ellison will vote against it.

[Sir Mohamed]

Congress won't fail to do it, I guess, but there may be some chance that Trump vetoes the bill. Democrats won't approve funds for the border wall, on which the Freedom Caucus insists. Establishment GOPers will then vote with most Dems to pass a spending bill without border wall. Since that is hardly acceptable for Trump, he may use the veto pen. Didn't he already indicate that he's willing to risk a govt shutdown for the stupid wall?

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Considering Congress already has the power of the purse, the debt ceiling is arbitrary and redundant. It should be abolished.

Before the debt ceiling was put into place, Congress literally passed a bill each time new debt was issued.  So believe it or not, the debt ceiling is an improvement over prior practice.  Still, Congress should reinstate the Gephardt Rule that was in place from 1979 to 1995 that automatically raised the debt ceiling when a budget was passed.

[dead0man]

Man I hope so.  We need a little taste of disaster to remind us that actions have consequences.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Man I hope so.  We need a little taste of disaster to remind us that actions have consequences.

Same. This season of the Apprentice is boring....need to shake it up a bit

LOL.

[HisGrace]

I hope so. If I'm Pelosi, I'm withholding the votes so it's exposed yet again that Republicans can't even avoid an Armageddon debt situation left to their own devices. Let them default on the debt and let them own it.

No. Then people would rightly be able to blame both sides rather than it all being pinned on Trump/Republicans.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

As I've said before, the debt ceiling must be raised unconditionally. Preferably, first thing when Congress returns on September 5. This is the Credit of the United States we're dealing with here. We're lucky that we have any AAA ratings at all, so let's not ruin it by failing to raise the ceiling. And raise it to some number we won't hit until after the 2020 elections, like 25 or 30 trillion, so we can (hopefully) take the issue out of Trump's hands entirely. To suggest that Anti-Trump legislators should withhold votes to get some political benefit out of this is beyond stupid. You get, what, 2 or 3 more seats in the house than you would have gotten otherwise, while the country suffers from rising interest rates. Or maybe certain current loan sources will just stop giving us loans permanently, further exacerbating our debt crisis. It is shameful that even one democrat in existence is suggesting such a dangerous move.

The government shutdown is different - it has no long-term effects, and we can and should shut down the government until it is agreed that Planned Parenthood will be completely defunded. But failing to raise the debt ceiling has real, tangible, terrible consequences, and therefore it must be raised, preferably on September 5 by votes of 434-0 and 100-0, regardless of whether a government shutdown eventually occurs.