scheduled to vote on a bill that would suspend the debt ceiling. republicans have vowed to block this measure, saying the democrats have to figure out how to pay the country's debt on its own, though much of the debt was racked up by president trump. >> we now know that minority leader mitch mcconnell will discuss two proposals with majority leader chuck schumer for a possible short-term suspension. he's concerned that moderate democrats, senators joe manchin, and kyrsten sinema might gut the filibuster if there's no deal on the debt ceiling. joining us now, cnn chief congressional correspondent, manu raju, and white house correspondent jeremy diamond. first, the potential for this deal, walk us through it. >> we'll see what happens, in fact, there's a bit of uncertainty at the moment about whether this vote is expected to take place in a matter of minutes actually will take place in the after math of mitch mcconnell making a proposal here to try to stave off a default just for a short-term, for a