democrats? >> reporter: the white house is mum, but this was obviously a unity session as you said. there has been a lot of unity among democrats throughout this whole process and they trying to continue that with this vote that we're expecting tonight in the house. harsh words, i'll tell you, from democrats for republicans. they said this plan that speaker boehner has put forward is a plan for default. and minority leader nancy pelosi said even though these negotiations have stalled in the senate, as you heard dana talking about there, that a compromise, if not the bill itself as you also heard dana say, will need to originate in the senate. here's more of what she said. >> we're still optimistic that there is a path to lift the debt ceiling in time. we are disappointed that the house republicans decided to sabotage or at least delay what was happening there. but are hopeful that everybody knows time is of the essence and that if the republicans in the house want to put up a bill, they should do it soon.