debt. the senate bill failed miserably in cutting spending. >> i thought we were in a deficit crisis. i thought our families were being put at risk by this massive debt. what does this do about that? >> it was way past those senators' bedtime when they were reading it. we're trying to fill in the gap where they may have missed a few things. >> i think it may be unre unreasonable for senator reid to say produced by sleep-deprived octogenarians is what we should adopt in a few hours. >> sleep-deprived octogenarians. welcome back to "morning joe." everyone does look very tired, but joining us now from washington, we have -- >> it's exhausting raising the national debt by $4 trillion. >> it should be. i don't know how that happened. >> in a single vote through a republican congress. >> i agree with what happened with taxes, but it was supposed to be a package. there was a deadline, a doomsday