to vote no. >> we go through this dance all the time. it's dangerous. everybody i serve with understands that this could be catastrophic if we don't pass it. >> the government can't pay veterans benefits and maybe social security because it can't borrow and lacks sufficient calf. the gop is threatening a filibuster because democrats want to pass the big social spending plan by themselves. >> a single republican vote on spending measures. they think we should have the raise the debt limit for them. it's not something we're going to do. if they're going to spend the money on their own, they're going to pay for it on their own. it's ridiculous to think that republicans are responsible to pay through debt for the spending that they intend to do on their own. >> the gop says democrats should hook the debt creeling to the