As the United States hurtles yet again toward a deadline by which either its debt ceiling is raised or it defaults on its financial obligations, Biden administration officials and Congressional lawmakers took to the Sunday talk shows on May 14 to voice their positions and sway public opinion.
It’s a financial game of chicken, with most Democrats—who are wanting to continue raising the debt ceiling—facing off against a small and tenaciously stubborn faction of GOP fiscal hardliners, among them those who withheld their vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for Speaker of the House this past January until he agreed to legislative demands on fiscal matters….