While much of the press is reporting that republicans won't raise the debt ceiling, leaving [View all]

[JohnSJ]

Democrats holding the bag.

What isn't being reported is that the Democrats don't need to republicans to raise the debt ceiling. They can use reconciliation to raise the debt ceiling, and in addition can effectively raise the debt ceiling by an amount so high that a breach won't happen into the future, and for all practical purposes, abolishing the debt ceiling.