democrats work hard to lift the debt limit but not so hard that it threatens the cataclysmic to faulty hopes to force democrats to pick a number for how high the borrowing limit should go a vote to set a specific dollar figure opens the door for republicans to launch attacks on democratic incumbents in next year's midterms robber what's in plain english is going on here senator graham is pretty close to mcconnell it's close to the business community or watching right now your microphone is back so please start again with the answer forgive me sure senator graham is close to senator mcconnell so you can often read what mcconnell is doing by watching senator graham where we're seeing now is mcconnell doesn't want to rupture the business community which is so important