Democrats Blame ‘Extreme’ Republicans for Debt Limit Deadlock as GOP Demands Accountability

With debt limit talks running down to the wire in Washington, the finger-pointing continued May 23 on Capitol Hill as to who will be responsible if the United States defaults on its debt for the first time in history.
For House Democrats, the answer is an “extreme” faction of House Republicans.
“Speaker [Kevin] McCarthy is beholden to the most extreme members of his conference,” House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) told reporters at a news conference. “Last week, we saw proof of that.”
Aguilar noted that Republicans briefly paused negotiations late last week after the House Freedom Caucus released a May 18 statement calling for “no further discussion” on the debt ceiling until Senate Democrats have passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act, which House Republicans passed last month….}