Actually no and anyone who states that isn't thinking about the real problem with the budget - which is social services, medical expenses and I'll throw debt service into that. These items are mandated spending and the money is authorized to be spent by previous Congresses. The current Congress would actually have to proactively make a new law to cut the spending and that would include presidential signature.
The reason this is a trouble is because these items are predicted to spend 72% (2.84T) of the budget in 2016. Before Congress allocates the first dime to the military, national parks or the FAA, 85% of the revenue is already allocated, all but 500 billion.
Congress is not voting for more debt, they're voting to keep the government running. The hard truth is that we have only two paths out of this deficit. 1) Raise taxes by about 20% across the board and suffer the fallout from that or 2) cut social programs and suffer the fallout from that. Some people believe we can grow the GNP but most of those same people believe in taxing their way to a higher GNP and that exacerbates the problem.
Now I don't know about you, but I'm struggling every month to keep it going at my 28% marginal rate. I cannot imagine paying 20% more in taxes - it becomes a choice of what I give up...the mortgage, groceries, school tuition, or insurances.
Tip Oneil used to shut the government down with regularity, he didn't give a shit, he had balls. Bohner, Ryan and McConnell are pussies, Obama knows this and gets what he wants. Hillary knows this and will get what she wants. Trump knows this and will get what he wants, although he will have to work a little hard than Obama or Hillary.
So the question is do you want 4 more years of incompetence or do you want things to begin to get better? Hillary = incompetence, Trump = turn around and better things. I know how I'm voting.