Definition: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
Input: (CNN) Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell aren't exactly kissing and making up. The unflattering details of a rapidly deteriorating relationship between the President and the Senate majority leader spilled out into the open this month -- an angry phone call that devolved into a screaming match; a refusal to speak to one another since that heated conversation; and a steady exchange of hardly subtle snubs. But the constant drip of reporting about the stunningly strained ties between Trump and McConnell appear to have done little so far to compel the two powerful Republicans to swallow their pride and hug it out -- in fact, the tension appears to be mounting.The White House press secretary said Trump's Congress relations are 'fine'Trump and McConnell are currently not speaking following a heated phone callBoth the Legislative and Executive Branch have ambitious goals for this fall 
 Question:Earlier in the morning, the President had also criticized _'s handling of raising the debt ceiling.

Mitch McConnell