More Silliness on the Debt Ceiling and Government Shutdowns

Over at The Caucus blog at the New York Times, Carl Hulse yesterday posted about a letter from Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Norm Dicks (D-WA) to Defense Secretary Robert Gates asking him “to explain the military impact of putting the government into default,” that is, what would happen if Republicans in Congress refuse to [...]