WHAT DO THEY WANT?

They don't KNOW

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/what-do-republicans-want
As recently as last August, congressional Republicans were still insisting that any increase in the federal government’s debt limit would have to be matched, dollar-for-dollar, by spending cuts. Indeed, Speaker John Boehner said the cuts should exceed the debt-limit increase.  

This was an extreme position to take, risking