Progressives' stance on the debt deal.

Progressives in the Democratic Party are facing a difficult choice of voting against raising the debt ceiling or voting for some spending constraints and avoiding default. Even as they complain, many say that President Joe Biden got the best deal he could. Elizabeth Warren is ambivalent about the deal, but acknowledges that default would be worse. The fact that the debt deal hasn’t inspired a liberal revolt ahead of the 2024 presidential election is a victory for Biden, reflecting the careful relationship he’s built with progressives since the 2020 primary.