What do the Republicans want? To go far beyond the debt ceiling to ensure that Obama is blamed for the resulting financial mess.
Repubs don't give a shit about the American people. They care about making Obama look as incompetent as they can.
Don't you people on the Left get tired of your saem old talking points?
Before the idea of the Sequestration cuts came up, the GOP House tried TWICE to get through a deal in the form of cuts and a Balanced Budget Amendment. Both got fragged in the Democrat-controlled Senate.