re: #4 jaunte

“…Social Security, which was created in 1935, has never missed a benefit payment. However, checks could be delayed for weeks, or even longer, if Congress fails to either raise or suspend the debt limit, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare recently warned.

Social Security is self-funded yet the program is drawing down from its trust funds, which include Treasury bonds, to pay benefits.”
cnbc.com

To be clear:
Dems have already passed the debt limit bill
Mcconnell and the Rs are blocking the vote on it