do something, anything. speaker boehner spoke up and spoke out friday afternoon after losing gop support the day before. i stuck my neck out a mile to try to get an agreement with the president of the united states. this house has acted and it is time for the administration and time for our colleagues across the aisle. put something on the table. tell us where you are. republicans barely pass the boehner bill only to have it killed by senate democrats a short time later. it s time for us to be adults. it s what the american people want. it s time to compromise. what if a compromise can t be reached and the u.s. does default? what does that mean for the average person? kron4 s financial expert said the impact would be rising interest rates. that rate would go up, meaning you d have to pay more each month. if you re paying student loans, those loans would get higher and getting approval for a new loan would go from hard to harder. it would likely go up to 6%. experts sa