of passing short-term debt ceiling increase and a short-term bill fund the government. the real fight is is between those financially responsible and those who are not. right now, those who are financially responsible want something that addresses the problems that we don t keep revisiting these debt ceiling battles and deposited closures on a regular basis. but the bottom line is we are where we are, and the debt ceiling deadline is two days away. will you vote with your party or maybe even with democrats on a bill to make sure that the u.s. does not default? i m uncertain at this point. i m trying to decide what is in the best interests of our country given two plans, both of which wholly fail to address the challenges we face. i appreciate you stopping. thank you. ashleigh, i think that really sums up the challenge up here, particularly for house speaker john boehner and all the leaders because they do have members who are genuinely struggling with the idea of passing what
but today republicans voice their displeasure on the bill s process. the reason why we were in the debacle we re in is because we ve refused to pass any of the appropriations bills, most of the authorization bills, so you end up all jammed up at the end of the year. the reason i voted against it last night, here s $1 trillion bill with a few hours of debate. a big part of that drama centered on ted cruz s efforts to hold up the bill against president obama s immigration action. here s harry reid criticizing the junior texas senator. the junior senator from texas is wrong, wrong, wrong on several counts. because it s not an appropriate place to debate the constitutionality of any executive branch action. let s go right to nbc s kristen welker joining us from the white house as her usual post. and kristen with a hello to you. let s walk through some of the hi highlights of the bill. the big highlight, this bill funds the government for an entire year. that s the first time we v