In addition to the debt ceiling and Pres. Biden's agenda, measures perennially seen as must-pass, such as the National Defense Authorization Act and critical funding bills, still hang in the balance.
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has previously painted a grim picture if the U.S. were to default on its debt, warning Congress back in September of"calamity" from a"manufactured crisis" as Senate Republicans blocked Democratic efforts to raise the ceiling. Reynolds said Congress sometimes appears to procrastinate, working right until deadlines or missing them altogether, because it needs more time to work things out.But in other cases, lawmakers working to the last minute before a deadline is the failure to find common ground on disagreements, and Reynolds said partisanship and dissent has been everywhere this year, especially among House and Senate Democrats.
Biden has previously played down months of Democratic infighting that delayed progress on infrastructure and reconciliation negotiations this fall. "What has become very clear is that Congress is unable to get anything done without facing a deadline," Manley said. "How can it become worse? The Senate failed to pass any of the 12 appropriations bills -- not one. They didn't even vote on them on the Senate floor, let alone pass them. How could it be worse than that? This is as bad as it gets," Smith said.
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