Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Debt Limit Follies Morph Into Festival of Bad Behavior

The unanimous Republican refusal even to allow a vote to let the government keep paying bills is irresponsible. The Democratic response has been feckless.

September 28, 2021 at 7:30 AM EDT

By Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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Everyone is behaving badly on the debt limit.

Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal

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