I do understand the President's office authority argument but I don't look at members of Congress any member with contempt whatever view they express. I tend to view all the institutions as one serving the People, everyone deserving respect.
One's fear the unsustainable level of indebtedness confiscating the political future and promising a record level of taxes changing the nature of the free enterprise economy can let her or him think a chosen and orderly debt restructuring with structural reforms reducing federal spending and non essential programs be a lesser risk worth the pain in the best interest of the People's Freedom shouldn't be viewed as extreme. There is a legitimacy to ask prior to any authorization of more borrowing the plan for a budget and the set of spending policies to be adopted addressing the situation that lead to reach the debt limit.
Would have it change the terms if the leadership had laid out the longer term plan for the budget slim down addressing the issues that lead to reach the debt limit something that shouldn't have happened prior to ask Congress to increase the borrowing limit?
By the way do you know if Congress has ever passed a piece addressing volunteer duties training, organisation and related insurance issues? Was thinking of closed Memorials and in case hard times were to last, m pretty sure Vet volunteers would be glad to maintain these sites open though it has to be done in an orderly fashion and security issues addressed.
How is it going with the data?