UPDATED 17:14 PM EST, January 23, 2013
Congress often gives itself more breathing room. In other words, it kicks the can down the road.
It's an overused expression nearly everybody scoffs at or denounces. Yet lots of cans litter the road ahead.
The House on Wednesday voted to delay a looming showdown over the government's debt ceiling until May.
"It's not perfect. But perfect may not get passed in this House," said House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas.
