that would extend the debt ceiling in exchange for it just being temporary and being assigned to a specific number that they would allow the debt ceiling to rise to. now, the democrats have cautiously agreed to that. but they are concerned that it's going to come with some additional addendums that mcconnell, for instance, is going to force them to pass it on a more long-term basis through the reconciliation process which they are opposed to so that's what they are hashing out right now. exactly, what form and fashion this negotiation looks like before democrats agree to it and before they can finally move forward with getting this legislation moved on and avoiding that calamity of the debt ceiling being eclipse the. >> so it's a short-term solution. what are the next steps? >> they're really -- we don't know what the next steps are, frankly, anderson. this is only a temporary fix. once they pass this and -- and get over this hump, this same exact problem that they're dealing with right now is going to be a problem again at the end of november as we head into december and the christmas holiday. and it's going to come, also, at a same time where they're