Congress and the White House have known for a long time that the previous Continuing Resolution (CR) would run out and the growing national debt would require Congress to raise the debt ceiling. But Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, true to his role, has been the brakeman, slowing down the legislative process once again, putting the federal government in crisis mode. And the President has gone all-out to portray the Republicans, supposedly under the command of the Tea Party, leading the nation to economic collapse.
