Congress and the President had trouble finding common ground on the budget, and Congress refused to increase the debt limitwithout some move toward fiscal health.
The Obama Administration has floated the possibility of pushing legislation that give the President power to increase the national debt limitwithout having to go back each time for Congressional approval.
But they assume that replacement teachers can be hired withoutlimit, with no increase in compensation, from the same quality distribution from which current teachers are drawn.