But_CJC it_PNP erupted_VVD more_AV0 publicly_AV0 last_ORD week_NN1 after_PRP McConnell_NP0 caved_VVD and_CJC did_VDD something_PNI he_PNP should_VM0 have_VHI done_VDN much_AV0 earlier_AV0 ,_PUN permitting_VVG a_AT0 vote_NN1 on_PRP increasing_VVG the_AT0 legal_AJ0 limit_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 federal_AJ0 debt_NN1 ._SENT Schumer_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ took_VVD the_AT0 chamber_NN1 's_POS leadership_NN1 from_PRP McConnell_NP0 after_PRP Republican_NN1 infighting_NN1 cost_VVB the_AT0 GOP_NP0 two_CRD Georgia_NP0 Senate_NN1 seats_NN2 ,_PUN was_VBD hardly_AV0 the_AT0 gracious_AJ0 victor_NN1 in_PRP what_DTQ was_VBD ,_PUN inevitably_AV0 ,_PUN but_CJC one_PNI round_AVP in_PRP a_AT0 continuing_AJ0 battle_NN1 likely_AJ0 to_TO0 last_VVI throughout_PRP the_AT0 year_NN1 —_PUN and_CJC beyond_AV0 ._SENT After_PRP 11_CRD Republicans_NN2 ,_PUN including_PRP leadership_NN1 allies_NN2 ,_PUN retiring_VVG senators_NN2 and_CJC GOP_NN1 moderates_NN2 ,_PUN voted_VVD to_TO0 allow_VVI a_AT0 two-month_AJ0 debt_NN1 ceiling_NN1 increase_NN1 to_TO0 pass_VVI with_PRP only_AV0 Democratic_AJ0 votes_NN2 ,_PUN Schumer_NP0 took_VVD the_AT0 floor_NN1 and_CJC ,_PUN accurately_AV0 but_CJC unnecessarily_AV0 ,_PUN denounced_VVD McConnell_NP0 's_POS maneuvers_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ Republicans_NN2 played_VVD a_AT0 dangerous_AJ0 and_CJC risky_AJ0 partisan_AJ0 game_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ the_AT0 Democratic_AJ0 leader_NN1 said_VVD ,_PUN adding_VVG ,_PUN "_PUQ Republicans_NN2 must_VM0 recognize_VVI in_PRP the_AT0 future_NN1 that_CJT they_PNP should_VM0 approach_VVI fixing_VVG the_AT0 debt_NN1 limit_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 bipartisan_AJ0 way_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ That_DT0 produced_VVD grumbling_VVG from_PRP some_DT0 Republicans_NN2 who_PNQ facilitated_VVD the_AT0 action_NN1 and_CJC from_PRP West_NP0 Virginia_NP0 's_POS maverick_NN1 Democratic_AJ0 senator_NN1 ,_PUN Joe_NP0 Manchin_NP0 ,_PUN whom_PNQ Schumer_NP0 needs_VVZ to_TO0 pass_VVI President_NP0 Joe_NP0 Biden_NP0 's_POS social_AJ0 spending_NN1 program_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 think_VVI it_PNP was_VBD appropriate_AJ0 at_PRP this_DT0 time_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Manchin_NP0 told_VVD CNN_NP0 's_POS Manu_NP0 Raju_NP0 ,_PUN accusing_VVG "_PUQ both_DT0 sides_NN2 "_PUQ of_PRF "_PUQ playing_VVG politics_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ On_PRP Friday_NP0 ,_PUN McConnell_NP0 responded_VVD with_PRP an_AT0 unusually_AV0 strong-worded_AJ0 letter_NN1 to_PRP Biden_NP0 ._SENT He_PNP sought_VVD to_TO0 blame_VVI the_AT0 impasse_NN1 on_PRP Democrats_NN2 and_CJC ,_PUN even_AV0 more_AV0 unnecessarily_AV0 ,_PUN added_VVD ,_PUN "_PUQ Whether_CJS through_PRP weakness_NN1 or_CJC an_AT0 intentional_AJ0 effort_NN1 to_TO0 bully_VVI his_DPS own_DT0 members_NN2 ,_PUN Senator_NP0 Schumer_NP0 marched_VVD the_AT0 nation_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 doorstep_NN1 of_PRF disaster_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ This_DT0 tantrum_NN1 encapsulated_VVD and_CJC escalated_VVD a_AT0 pattern_NN1 of_PRF angry_AJ0 incompetence_NN1 from_PRP Senator_NP0 Schumer_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ he_PNP added_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ It_PNP has_VHZ poisoned_VVN the_AT0 well_AV0 even_AV0 further_AJC ._SENT "_PUQ McConnell_NP0 reiterated_VVD Republicans_NN2 would_VM0 not_XX0 again_AV0 help_VVI raise_VVI the_AT0 debt_NN1 ceiling_NN1 ,_PUN vowing_VVG ,_PUN "_PUQ I_PNP will_VM0 not_XX0 be_VBI a_AT0 party_NN1 to_PRP any_DT0 future_AJ0 effort_NN1 to_TO0 mitigate_VVI the_AT0 consequences_NN2 of_PRF Democratic_AJ0 mismanagement_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 need_NN1 for_PRP periodic_AJ0 votes_NN2 raising_VVG the_AT0 debt_NN1 limit_NN1 has_VHZ been_VBN troublesome_AJ0 for_PRP whichever_DTQ party_NN1 is_VBZ running_VVG the_AT0 government_NN1 at_PRP the_AT0 time_NN1 ._SENT Enacted_VVN a_AT0 century_NN1 ago_AV0 ,_PUN it_PNP was_VBD intended_VVN to_TO0 help_VVI Congress_NN1 control_NN1 federal_AJ0 spending_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC it_PNP has_VHZ been_VBN spectacularly_AV0 unsuccessful_AJ0 ._SENT The_AT0 reason_NN1 :_PUN It_PNP basically_AV0 ratifies_VVZ prior_AJ0 spending_NN1 and_CJC tax_NN1 actions_NN2 ,_PUN rather_AV0 than_CJS brake_NN1 future_NN1 ones_NN2 ._SENT Failure_NN1 to_TO0 act_VVI would_VM0 force_VVI the_AT0 U.S._NP0 government_NN1 into_PRP default_NN1 ,_PUN unable_AJ0 to_TO0 pay_VVI bills_NN2 or_CJC collect_VVB debts_NN2 ,_PUN threatening_VVG economic_AJ0 disaster_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS a_AT0 result_NN1 ,_PUN Congress_NN1 always_AV0 eventually_AV0 acts_VVZ ,_PUN but_CJC often_AV0 after_PRP each_DT0 party_NN1 tries_VVZ to_TO0 extract_VVI political_AJ0 advantage_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP this_DT0 case_NN1 ,_PUN McConnell_NP0 wants_VVZ to_TO0 force_VVI endangered_AJ0 Democratic_AJ0 incumbents_NN2 to_TO0 vote_VVI on_PRP a_AT0 package_NN1 containing_VVG both_AV0 the_AT0 debt_NN1 ceiling_NN1 hike_NN1 and_CJC Biden_NP0 's_POS spending_NN1 measures_NN2 ._SENT 
