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we're seeing that nervousness play out in the short-term bond market. i want to quickly paint you a picture of what the u.s. is facing if congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling. it's all about choices. who gets paid. who doesn't. it's about prioritizing. so the treasury would likely run about a third short of the money it needs to pay everything from this coming friday and november 15th. treasury secretary jack lew is meeting with president obama and vice president biden should a debt deal fail. like we've been saying on an on, lew says he's out of the extraordinary measures. congress, get your act together. it's ridiculous. >> even if we reach a deal, we're doing it again in january and february. >> lawmakers are the worst procrastinators. they get a jolt out of pushing