Why The House Would Be Committing Suicide To Debate The Debt Ceiling, Reason #2
by evanmcmurry
More and more noise that the “business community,” whatever it is, will pitch one gigantic hissy fit if the House GOP comes even close to holding the economy hostage over the debt ceiling. Combine this with the fact that doing so will be electoral poison for Republicans, and I can’t see any rational reason for them doing so. None of which, of course, means they won’t do it.