The path forward, as i said, is very clear. the speaker should simply allow the bill. after all in the senate harry reid had an up or down vote on their provision to undo the affordable care act. over here in the house the american people should give the benefit of an up or down vote whether we should have a clean bill to fund the government. if he wants to vote against that, he should not impose that on the whole country when the votes are here. second, i'm very concerned about the issue you just raised. republicans are now talking about doubling down on the strategy with respect to the debt ...