If being an conservative now means America doesn't pay its bills than I'll have to call myself something other than a conservative...an American comes to mind.
Except, had this bill failed, the US would have paid its bills. It just would have to cut future spending in order to keep the total US debt under the present amount. So you are actually advocating more spending, with not checks on the amount we go in debt for it. You're right... you're not a conservative...
It like my spendthrift wife running up the credit card and me telling them I'm going to threaten not going to pay you because I want to make her responsible.
Any creditor, or sane person, will think you are a loon for suggesting such a thing yet that's what our idiot politicians want to tell the rest of the world on behalf of America.
Folks claiming to be conservative lose me on this issue..there is no difference between the Libs who run up the bill and the Conservatives who threaten not to pay in my view