Leaders learned from the last bruising fight in 2011 over the debt limit that a bloc of conservatives would resist any legislation to authorize new borrowing by the Treasury , so they decided to attach sweeteners . House Republicans had hoped to roll out bill to raise U.S. debt limit on inflation . Democrats complain package does n't adequately address tax cuts , entitlements . Wrangling over temporary spending bill needed to avert crisis still raging in Congress . Boehner wants to use debt bill to force Obamacare down , add extras also favored by GOP .
House Republicans had hoped to roll out bill to raise U.S. debt limit on inflation . Democrats complain package does n't adequately address tax cuts , entitlements . Wrangling over temporary spending bill needed to avert crisis still raging in Congress . Boehner wants to use debt bill to force Obamacare down , add extras also favored by GOP .