Reid's legacy...
is that since he has been the Senate Majority Leader the financial status of the US has continued to fall into the abyss. Thanks to his illegal non-action of taking budgetary measures the US has been downgraded from AAA rating for the first time in history. It doesn't look like it will be getting any better thanks to Reid's disregard for the rules he is supposed to uphold.
The CBO will confirm this in due time much like their 2013 report of the deficit only getting worse.
Engineered? What else could it be?