 should the republicans hold the line and allow a governmental default if the president and the democrats fail to compromise  yes no undecided 14th amendment the government will not default unless the government chooses to ignore the 14th amendment that said the republicans need to hold strong default hold the line or cave a false premise personally i think that the premise is faulty it s the usual language of the left do what they want or the world falls apart how about this hold the line on raising the debt ceiling and cut and pay any debts from existing appropriations even if this means cutting expenses and then hold expenses to what is already available  