The Republicans must accept responsibility for the Democrats failing to put forth a plan and rejecting the Republican plan? How do you figure that? Again, for the stupid.. Republicans passed a plan in the House, it was rejected by the Senate Democrats. The Democrats have no plan, they haven't submitted anything, they want to increase the debt limit without any plan. Republicans refuse to do that, it would be irresponsible from an economic standpoint, to do that. If we just increase the debt ceiling, without addressing the debt itself, what message does that send to the world? That it's Republicans fault the world has no confidence we'll ever pay off our debt? Yeah, probably.