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Leaders have been furiously working on at least four priorities all week, hustling to avoid a debt default that mitch mcconnell was threatening until he blinked wednesday. we have more later tonight. also all the work hammering out possible deals for several trillion dollars in spending. congress also deciding how to handle these republican officials who are on the way to defying subpoenas in the insurrection probe with a deadline of midnight tonight. so its a lot. and amidst all that, theres an...

Congress is out of session this week. but house and senate democrats have been hard at work hammering out the details of one of president bidens key policy priorities. senate majority leader chuck schumer has set a september 15 deadline for committees to finish drafting their portions of the democrats only $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. joining us is nbc news capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell. leigh ann, what can we expect as we head into next weeks deadline? >> hey, jonathan. so...

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But really it was all big. it was never clear how many troops were going to stay, it was never clear how long they were going to stay, and some of these questions remain unanswered. but what is clear, when you see a draft of this document, is that u.s. officials and afghan officials behind closed doors have been very hard at work hammering out a detailed agreement that would allow u.s. troops to stay here for decades or at least a decade or not. the document talks about going up through 2024, an...

Youll have plenty of time to come back, it seems. >> i know that spot, and i have a feeling were going to be seeing you long there longer than we expected to be. >> what struck you about this draft agreement when you first got a hold of it. as you mentioned, there eels always been this vague notion. theres never been in enduring presence. but really it was all big. it was never clear how many troops were going to stay, it was never clear how long they were going to stay, and some of these questi...