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Going to vote on this debt ceiling question we're about to take. i feel like i'm being asked to take a road that is a point of moral dissonance for me. because while i deeply believe that both our democracy and our economy are important i believe that it is misplaced to change the senate rules only for the benefit of the economy when the warning lights on our democracy are flashing at the same time. >> madam president, in light of the cop knifing methods of voter suppression we have seen enacted into law since the january 6th attack on the capitol, i come to the floor today to share with the p...

Honest. this has been a difficult difficult week for me as i pondered how am i going to vote on this debt ceiling question we're about to take. i feel like i'm being asked to take a road that is a point of moral dissidents for me. because while i deeply believe that both our democracy and our economy are important, i believe that it is misplaced to change the senate rules only for the benefit of the economy, when the morning lights and our democracy are flashing at the same time. madam president, in light of the conniving methods of voter suppression we have seen enacted into law since the jan...

We changed the rules to protect the full faith and credit of the united states government. we've decided we must do it for the economy but not for the democracy. so madam president, i will be honest. this has been a difficult week for me as i've pondered how am i going to vote on this debt ceiling question we're about to take. i feel like i'm being asked to take a road that is a point of moral dissonance for me. because while i deeply believe that both our democracy and our economy are important i believe that it is misplaced to change

Reckon siltiation package. a lot going on. joining us, secretary of transportation, pete buttigieg. mr. secretary, good to see you this morning. the debt ceiling question is in front of us, but let's look ahead to infrastructure. stand-alone infrastructure package $1.2 trillion then the bigger build back better. as that begins to get pared down, mr. secretary what do you think is crucial from your point of view that stays in? what has to be there, in your eyes? >> well, the bottom line is that we've got to deliver on the president's vision that, by the way, america agrees with on how to make l...

Debt ceiling question, that they would win republican votes throughout the major, so the first step of course would be four republican senators to make good on that. and agreed to pass whatever it is the democrats come up with in terms of just the clean spending bill for later this week to avoid the shutdown. but looking forward, this is all going to be a political gain. and mcconnell is trying to basically trap the democrats, and show that they can't govern competently, that they have these majorities, the majority said they are, but majority is nevertheless. and -- they are having trouble pa...