Rep. Jay Inslee says 88 lawmakers stood in debt deal’s way

U.S. Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee says that some of his colleagues in Congress would have had more to celebrate if the nation would have defaulted instead of coming up with a solution for the debt crisis.

Inslee joined 97.3 KIRO FM’s Ross and Burbank Show Tuesday, to discuss the country’s troubling economic future. He said that with stubbornness in Congress, a bipartisan deal was anything but on the table.

According to Inslee there were about 88 people in the House that would have considered it a victory if they had caused default.

“Now it’s very difficult when you have 88 people in your House like that, who want to burn down the House to find a consensus. And if you think it’s ugly from 2,500 miles away – you ought to see it up close,” he said.

As Congress now looks to long term plans to solve financial woes, Inslee thinks bipartisan bickering could intensify.

“They will not allow one leg of the stool engaged in solving this problem.”