Outside of privacy-invading legislature (or corporate legislature), both sides of the aisle fail to agree or compromise on working for the people.
When there’s an opportunity to use leverage, it makes sense to use it. But it’s like MAD concept, they’re not going to actually let the US default. It’s not in either party’s self interest.
Switch the roles, and there are cases where democratic controlled X has halted something when there’s a republican president. It’s the nature of the game.
To say one party does this but the other is absolved of sin, I feel, is playing into the hands of blissful ignorance. I’d like to believe one side has my back, but they don’t. I can name maybe 4 senators that come off as authentic, and have a track record that shows it.