It’s Time For Democrats to Declare War Over the Debt Ceiling

It's fine to negotiate over the budget. That's an inherent feature of divided government. But when it comes to the constitutional duty to pay the nation's debts, there is nothing to bargain about. Congress authorized the expenditures and having done so it becomes its constitutional duty to make the payments on the bill...

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/democrats-must-go-on-offense-on-debt-ceiling