debt limit. and it's fraught with all kind of danger from miscalculation. it would have to happen twice. you could literally have several hundred votes over the next number of days. everything else would come to a standstill, but you still find yourself in a situation where, at the end of the day, you may have passed something that, in fact, then has to be undone again by democrats or republicans. it is an incredibly complicated, cumbersome process. there is a simple process sitting out there. sitting at the desk in the united states senate is a bill passed by the house saying we, dem democrats, will raise the debt limit, though some voted to acquire the debt, as well. that's the way to proceed. >> if it comes down to