Nope. He's just a convenient dumb-ass scapegoat, at this point.
CONGRESS has complete and total control over both federal spending and federal borrowing. It can dissolve the Federal Reserve tomorrow, if it has the will.
CONGRESS won’t make a move it’s more about party power then the budget the dems fear what Obama can do to them if they lift a finger,Pelosi is arm twisting now it’s why she isn’t in io the talks.