Quote Originally Posted by frugal-one View Post
Sign off on what the republicans insist be done... that is hostage taking.... no others have done this. If there is a default is because the democrats refuse to be taken hostage.
The House of Representatives has a constitutional responsibility to initiate and approve all federal spending. They do not have a duty to simply sign off on everything the Executive branch requests, that isn't hostage taking.

It appears that you may have mis-spoke when you blamed republicans for a potential default, you're actually complaining that the House is doing its duty as a check on Executive power.

And it has been done before, it's called compromise.