Chuck Darwin<p>The GOP wonks trying to get their party not to detonate the debt limit bomb</p><p>A few conservative budget experts are cautioning House Republicans that <a href="https://c.im/tags/brinkmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>brinkmanship</span></a> over the nation’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/borrowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>borrowing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/limit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>limit</span></a> could lead to economic <a href="https://c.im/tags/disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disaster</span></a>, warning of severe financial ramifications even as their own party ignores their advice.<br />
In both public and private comments, a handful of GOP budget experts — <a href="https://c.im/tags/Brian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Brian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Riedl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Riedl</span></a>, who was an aide to former Ohio Republican senator Rob Portman; <a href="https://c.im/tags/Michael" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Michael</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Strain" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Strain</span></a>, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute; and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Douglas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Douglas</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Holtz" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Holtz</span></a>-<a href="https://c.im/tags/Eakin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Eakin</span></a>, a former director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office — have tried to counter the growing argument on the right that the debt ceiling can be breached with only minimal economic impact</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/27/debt-limit-gop-policy-wonks/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">23/04/27/debt-limit-gop-policy-wonks/</span></a></p>