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>> theres some talk about attaching supplemental to the debt ceiling increase, some talk about rolling a supplemental debt ceiling increase into overall continuing resolution. from an emergency management standpoint, how important is it to your thinking to get a clean supplemental? >> well, i think everyone wants a clean supplemental, and so as we tie the -- hopefully we get a responsible budget, right and that the congress comes together and finds a way to take the presidents requests and meet ...

Texas and louisiana get the help they need, there are no questions about this and what it may get attached to because there are so many difficult things that congress needs to get done, the debt ceiling, other funding, there seems to be a question about whether the g.o.p. would -- publicly have to explained that, to something else that would be a much more difficult vote. >> you are exactly right, i think it is very possible that it could be time for a debt ceiling increase, there are some real ...

>> theres some talk about attaching supplemental to a debt ceiling increase, some talk about rolling an increase into an overall continuing resolution from an emergency management standpoint, how important is it to your thinking to get a clean supplemental? >> well, i think everyone wants a clean supplemental. as we tie -- hopefully we get a responsible budget, right, and the congress comes together and finds a way to take the presidents request and meet it. that would be an ideal answer. ufr pr...

Think youre going to see rapid action from congress, youre going to get your funding. given there are 12 legislative days once congress returns one week from today, given they have to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling, how easy will this be? >> sadly, the phrase rampant action by congress is an oxymoron. congress does not move quickly on anything. theyre not back for a week. then its going to take a few days to put a billion together. probably billions and billions of dollars in aid...

401(k)s, tax prevrealm treatment. youre hearing movement on some things and the white house is going to stay out of it. then you hear the president or something from the white house about what they want to do. whos in charge here? >> thats right. theres unanimity among most republicans on the hill that they want a tax bill. i think theres a broad consensus on that. the problem is the details. and i think its going to take many months, probably into the spring, before they can iron out all the de...

12 days, and the house and senate back at work once they return from the labor day break. thats not a lot of time to do a tall, tall order of raising the debt ceiling, funding the government. and now the president wants to tie the border wall this there, as well. where are we going -- wall in there, as well, where are we going? >> for more dysfunction, i would guess. maybe by the end of september we will get a debt ceiling increase. i dont see the u.s. defaulting on our debt. maybe by the end of...

It is congress up in 2018 and if he loses the republican majority in the house and further endangers his ability to get anything through. in terms to what end, i think the president cares deeply about whose fault people think. it is possible the president is trying to shift blame because he doesnt like being blamed for things. politically, theres a reason that republicans tend to work together when they hold the presidency and the congress because their fates are heavily tied to each other. the ...

He is almost certainly not getting that approved by this congress. the president holds firm, does he veto a bill passed by congress that doesnt include border wall money? dont know that yet. interesting signal from sarah huckabee sanders today suggesting a debt ceiling increase without strings attached to cut spending. thats what conservatives demanded. the white house sticks to that position, theyre willing to fight with conservatives on that key issue, wolf, were not even talking about things ...

Americans. we should be talking about job creation. you would think with president trumps background as a developer he would be talking about investments and infrastructure, perhaps a robust public works program, but to talk about building a wall i think it exacerbates the flames of intolerance. >> congress as you know also needs to raise the nations debt ceiling by the end of next month, the credit worthiness of the u.s. government will be put at risk with potentially devastating economic conse...

Holding them up, as usual, on debt ceiling approval. could have been done so easy. now a mess. now, the reality of the situation, jake is that the reason why they couldnt do a debt ceiling increase is part of the v.a. bim, that twhois have cause add major revolt among conservatives. particularly in the house, a number of republicans would just not, not go along with such an idea. which is why republicans didnt broach the notion of moving forward on a debt ceiling increase as part of a, a separat...