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Currently working to join them. the government has been borrowing less than expected this year, by £30 billion, which could fund this and a number of other spending measures. that's expected to include extending the £2500 cat on a typical energy bill for another three months, an extra £5 billion for defence, and a freeze on fuel duty. there will likely be measures to boost business investment, perhaps some extra money to resolve a blick sector pay disputes, and chancellors often like to throw in a surprise or two as well. this afternoon we will also get the latest set of economic forecast f...

Working to join them. the government has been borrowing less than expected this year, by £30 billion, which could fund this and a number of other spending measures. that's expected to include extending the £2,500 cap on a typical energy bill for another three months, an extra £5 billion for defence and a freeze on fuel duty. there will likely be measures to boost business investment, perhaps some extra money to resolve public sector pay disputes. and chancellors often like to throw in a surprise or two, as well. this afternoon, we'll also get the latest set of economic forecasts from the 0b...

Long-term spending measures. we hope and expect that to be the case. look, this isn't a strictly partisan issue. over time republicans and democrats acknowledge many like terms that the national debt is a problem. way back in 2006 when our national department was a tiny fraction of -- debt was a tiny practice of what it is now, then-senator barack obama voted against raising the debt ceiling. maria: yeah. >> this isn't necessarily a republican or democratic issue, it is simply an american issue, and we're fighting for the people on this. maria: well, we expect the debt ceiling will be going up...

Are going? >> we've seen this movie before. congress loves a deadline when it comes to their spending bills. once again, they're right up against it. that's when they tend to get most of the work done. you mentioned that election interference bill, that's one of the things that might get tacked onto this. but we're talking about a spending bill here at the end of the day and the disagreement is over money. specifically a difference between republicans who want to see a defense spending at a higher level than nondefense spending. democrats like to achieve parity there. they like to see the top ...