Debt ceiling negotiations cause Democratic angst and stall talks.

House Democrats are growing anxious over President Joe Biden's negotiations with Republicans to avert default, fearing that his limited public statements on the debt ceiling amount to ceding the messaging war to Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his deputies. Some Democrats say Biden is wrong to discredit the 14th Amendment option to tackle the debt limit unilaterally, as the GOP engages in what Democrats see as a hostage standoff. Ultimately, their angst is about whom the public will blame if a deal can't be reached, or if the terms of any agreement are draconian.