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But this is real flash point. there are other issues they ve still not resolved the spending issue. they re closing in on it but still tens of billions of dollars apart. very complicated but trying to put some mechanism in to try and cap federal spending the next two years and make sure congress can stick to that agreement because that s what s the problem. congress makes a deal here but then blows it up down the road. so there s still there s still a lot of moving parts, but they hope they really need to get a deal today if they re going to start voting on this next week in the house and senate. sounds like you might be getting updates there with the pinging. so let s talk about the time line. june 1st is the deadline and thursday, a week away. complicated pieces to remain. congress, they re congress, so they re going to make things coughlicate. so you think it has to get done today? and if so what are the chances it does? i still think momentum is on ....
President shepherded. todd: kevin mccarthy says the white house is dug in on raising taxes and increasing spending. jonathan turley says using the 14th amendment would be a bandaid to the white house s larger spending issue. the question is raising the ceiling on debt is nothing to do with the 14th amendment. congress is honoring debt and willing to raise the ceiling for the debt, the white house has to negotiate the budget, that goes to the very function of the legislative branch and power of the purse. that is what framers gave to congress as critical part of the separation of powers and it is really other worldly to see democratic leaders begging the president to make them constitutional nonentities by ....
Ceiling and says neither republicans nor democrats have put forth a serious solution to address u.s. debt. thanks for being with us. you have dismissed the doomsday scenarios if the u.s. defaults. are you not worried about the impact on the economy? first of all, i am not opposed to a debt ceiling bill. i m opposed to this debt ceiling bill. understood. we need to do more. we have $58 trillion of debt in ten years. we have $53 trillion under the republican plan. that s unacceptable. i hope we get to a debt ceiling bill that actually deals with the spending issue that we have to deal with. there s a bipartisan bill in the house that would block pay for members of congress if the u.s. defaults. that s a drop in the bucket. but it s symbolically important. would you support that? yes, i would. why not get rid of the trump tax cuts as one step to tackle the deficit as democrats are ....
Public will not tolerate your attacking the trump administration 2017 to 2021 what they will tolerate is saying to donald trump stop being so negative. stop being so cruel and stop attacking other republicans fifth. the average republican voter is pretty old. i like to say the average republican voters deceased. they all have grandkids, and they will change their vote based on what impacts their grandchildren and the number one issue for the grandchildren about the grandchildren is the debt ceiling. really republicans have to get back at accountability and they have to get at the spending issue. this is what matters most to them because this affects you said military salaries, social security checks, hospitals. bondholders and what have you on recession financial crisis that s more important to them. that s more important than than structural issues stop wasteful washington spending character also matters and we have the example of donald trump criticizing barack ....
In this area, republicans, that there is support for that. some are scratching their head and wondering when did we become anti-democratic in supporting other democratic countries dealing with a country that s invaded them folks are trying to understand that i think the more the leadership can do to help them in understanding that, not only in terms of the narrative, but the spending, showing and articulating where that money is going, i think the harder it becomes for the kevin mccarthys to sort of stay off that stage and not have to address more directly the support we have for ukraine. part of the spending issue that comes up is we re spending all that money, billions of dollars in ukraine, and we have so many problems here at home and so many programs we re not funding. couldn t that money be better spent here that s part of the argument. it s a little bit of a red ....