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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said,
"Congress will do what it has always done, which is to pass the debt limit. So, our plan is for Congress to pass the debt limit. Our fallback plan is for Congress to pass the debt limit, and our fallback to the fallback plan is for Congress to pass the debt limit."