Going over the Cliff

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Well, the 40 or 50 GOP congresspeople who were voted in under the Tea Party banner were voted in under the anti-Washington stance. No big government. What part of government to curb they not agree on. It could be that this is a "touch the stove" moment for the Tea Party. Let them have the fight they wanted and see what the consequences of that would be so that they would be more amenable for the next fight which is the debt ceiling. But I have noted that the GOP has continuously been doubling down since 2012 on every setback  they had encountered. They could had done this fight in the summer in the Department of Human Service and Health Budget. Here is  an article to the the story:
Paul Ryan's budget
To me a worse case scenario would be a partial government shutdown until October 17 when a government default would loom. The Senate would probably pass a CR that spares the Defense Department, but not much else. And if no agreement is made on or before then, the the U.S. government defaults. The U.S. government already had it's credit rating dropped the last time. A default would have consequences on a global scale.
Edit: Found part of an article that's interesting:

In public and private, many of these conservatives are spoiling for a
fight. On conference calls and in conversations on the House floor,
many conservatives say they need a shock to the political system to have
a chance of extracting something from Obama. This isn’t a government
shutdown, they say, but rather a slowdown. They are betting the American
public won’t turn on House Republicans like they did in 1996, when the
GOP lost nine seats, and President Bill Clinton won a second term in the
White House.

While Boehner’s many allies in the House GOP Conference have sided
with him during the past 2½ years to resist such urges, there is now
tacit acquiescence to a shutdown, several Republican leadership aides
said.

Boehner, however, is hampered by several other factors during the
current faceoff with Democrats. The first, and most important, is that a
group of conservative House Republicans, perhaps 20 to 30 strong, are
automatically against anything that Boehner supports. They don’t trust
Boehner or his strategies for countering Democrats. While Boehner
believes much of his job entails “protecting members from themselves,”
these Republicans — fairly or unfairly — believe they need protection
from the speaker as much as Democrats.

In addition, Boehner also has to deal with the fact that his partner
in previous standoffs with Democrats, Senate Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-Ky.), is distracted by his own 2014 reelection campaign.
McConnell has been far less visible in the current fracas over
government funding than he was in the 2011 debt ceiling fight or the
frantic maneuvering during 2012 fiscal cliff debate.

And finally, Boehner is paying the price of the GOP election debacle
last November. Boehner was able to keep some of his more confrontational
members in line in 2011 and 2012 by arguing that an “all-or-nothing”
strategy in confronting Democrats could hurt the Republican presidential
candidate.

But following Obama’s solid victory over Mitt Romney, these
inhibitions are now gone. House Republicans were stuck with Obama for
four more years, as well as Obamacare. And many feel that any price is
worth it if they can delay or defund the massive health care program.

Here is the full article
Looks like I was wrong: It's not 40-50 Tea Party members. It's only 20-30  GOP congressman that's wagging the dog. And they are doubling down.
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