Democratic leaders: We don’t know who’s running GOP debt talks

The Hill:

House Democratic leaders say they’re no longer certain who’s negotiating a debt deal on behalf of the GOP, a message they’re pushing to posit a growing rift between Republican leaders.

The Democrats on Tuesday repeatedly blamed the debt-ceiling impasse on a split between House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.). They say it would be tough to strike a bipartisan deal if Republicans can’t reach some kind of internal agreement.

“I have to assume that isn’t really about Democrats versus Republicans or the House versus the Senate; this is about John Boehner versus Eric Cantor,” Rep. Steve Israel (N.Y.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, told radio host Bill Press on Tuesday. “This is about an internal war in the Republican Caucus.”