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The Senate resolved a political standoff over the nation's debt limit that threatened to roil global financial markets on Thursday night, agreeing to a temporary extension that foreshadows a new confrontation in early December.

Republicans and Democrats agree to temporarily avert default

Courageous voices.

Reconciliation process. that was simply unacceptable to my caucus. and yesterday senate republicans finally realized that their obstruction was not going to work. >> the senator in the back of schumer there, that is senator joe manchin, of course, a key vote for democrats with his hands over his face, rubbing them. apparently not troubled by the gop obstructionism on the debt ceiling, but by the majority leaders lack of, quote, civility. >> i just think we need to find a pathway forward. we have...

Refusing to do this in a bipartisan way which has been done since 2011. he did not think that this is how politics should be working right now. you know manchin has always been an advocate for bipartisanship. as a moderate democrat. on the other hand, republicans such as ted cruz, rand paul, lindsey graham who are incredibly upset that senate minority leader mitch mcconnell cut a deal with schumer in the first place. mcconnell had originally said that democrats would have to go at this alone, an...

Afterwords chuck schumer viciously attacking him. there is no sound but trust me, he attacked him but if you look, this is the video. if you look at senator manchin behind schumer he was visibly upset at what schumer was saying, his hands, face and hands, and they pass it and expected to be of third and, and aoc, alexandria ocasio cortez tweeting an attack at manchin, with that position. or have child care, on all 3, that makes you entitled to lazy but fossil fuel money keeping

Dangerous and risky partisan game. and im glad that their brinksmanship did not work. >> while schumer was speaking on the senate floor behind him you can see senator manchin putting his head in his hands. later he walked out and had choice words about senator schumers floor speech. joining on us is senator mazie hirono. and this short term solution buys lawmakers about two months. but what will be different between now and december? in some ways wont it be more difficult to hold off a crisis th...

Extend that debt ceiling. so, then see-to-see schumer get up there. steve: no republicans voted for it. ainsley: exactly. they decided to. this is what the investor bait said. they voted to no republican approved it now it goes to the house. they are going to have to come back into session on tuesday to listen to this and try to figure out -- they were on recess until october 19th. there are a lot of people against what these 11 republicans did. you have lindsey graham he says we folded. we had ...

Short-term increase. this was a procedural vote. they didnt vote to increase the debt ceiling. they wanted democrats to do that. republicans had to help get them across the finish line as they walked out of the capitol last night, the mood coming down the stairs, as i was with mitt romney after that schumer speech, you could tell he was mad. he had gone up and admitted that he had gone up to schumer after that speech and he said, look, theres a time for grace and a time to be combative, and this...

Its all over but the shouting. however the shouting is getting so loud, it could be enough to ruin christmas. heres why. the senate passed that deal to raise the debt ceiling til december, a short term fix that averts a financial meltdown for now. but it sent some members on both sides of the aisle into fits. on the right, senator ted cruz accused his own partys leader, mitch mcconnell, of caving. lindsey graham accused mcconnell of abandoning the gop strategy. on the left, joe manchin shook his...