A group of House Democrats is secretly crafting a fallback plan to avoid
an economy-rattling debt default.

The White House wants no part of it.

Moderate Democrats in the Problem Solvers' Caucus have spent weeks
constructing a break-glass deal with centrist Republicans in case the
country goes all the way to the brink on the debt ceiling. As the
summertime deadline for action approaches, they’re worried a prolonged
standoff could lead to fiscal disaster.

Congress editor Elana Schor talks with Playbook editor Mike DeBonis
about the plan and what she's watching for.