This week, the U.S. hit its credit limit with lawmakers still divided over the nation's

spending.

And President Biden has been waving off hand-ringing over misplaced classified documents.

That brings us to the analysis of Brooks and K-PART, that's New York Times columnist

David Brooks and Jonathan K-PART, associate editor for The Washington Post with a welcome

to you both.

So just yesterday, the U.S. hit its debt ceiling, the Treasury Department says it's going

to take extraordinary measures to keep the U.S. government paying its bills.

David, this could be the riskiest showdown yet, given that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

offered those guarantees to those Republican hardliners in exchange for their votes to make

him House Speaker, that there would be no raising of the debt ceiling without significant

spending cuts.

Yeah, no, it makes me nostalgic for the debt ceiling crisis of 19 or 2011.

It seems sort of more or less like normal people were in control.

And now you've got people off on the planet, Debbie, who have the Speaker in their hands.

And so I do think it is a pretty serious crisis.

And so how do the Democrats react?

Well, there are some people who say they should take unilateral action.

There are some very unusual ways that Democrats could act alone.

The Fourteenth Amendment says the government has to pay off its debt.

And they could say they invoke the Fourteenth Amendment and hope the Supreme Court backs

you up.

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