bus here, so there's not much suspense as to whether the white house would get this done. that said, zero republicans voted with the democrats to do this. it was a pure party line vote. it has now passed the house, again, just within the last few minutes, so this means it goes to the senate. and in the senate, republicans say they won't do it. they say, listen, if democrats are in control, then the u.s. should default on our debt, crash our credit rating because something, something, neener, neener, we don't like you. we're not going to allow you to do it. it doesn't matter that the democrats voted unanimously to do that when the republicans were in control. the republicans say no, screw it. as i mentioned, passing that ceiling legislation doesn't actually get you anything. it doesn't do anything for the country except avoid a self-inflicted disaster. but while the senate is going to