them. but the majority are not closing down government. >> if you're going to do this, take it off the table. shouldn't this be the last time this is ever voted on if you have to do it alone? >> there are a couple ways to take it off the table. i have a vote with jeff merkley who says they can raise the debt ceiling and they can overrule it if congress doesn't like it. make it an executive addition like our treaties or other foreign policy statutes to do that it way. that would be a way to do it. that would give congress a role but only if they disagreed with the white house. >> that is a very small r republic way of thinking about it. senator tim kaine. thank you for coming on. >> glad to. coming up, an update as the cdc agrees to discuss if and when booster shots will be made widely in the united states. you're watching "meet the press daily." "meet the press daily.