Situations where we have agreements and he turns back and it turns out he cant control his caucus. The challenge here is can you deliver on agreements that are made . The key players joining us here for our special coverage, Chuck Schumer, kelly ayotte, amy clove shar and our team of reporters. In a race to beat the clock, its now a matter of when the senate and house will vote to avoid a debt default, end the shutdown, and close the book on this American Horror story. We see a faint light at the end of a long, dark tunnel. Good day. Im Andrea Mitchell. This is a special edition of Andrea Mitchell reports. Now to the white house. Jay carney is briefing. Again, applause to the leaders of the senate for coming together and working out a bipartisan solution. Is there any concern, even with this deal being made, that a downgrade from some of the Credit Rating agencies could still be pending . Well, i would refer you to treasury for those kinds of assessments. We focus on the things we can control, which is calling on congress to quickly act on this compromise agreement and ensure that the government reopens and the threat of default is removed. Lastly, this is leading to additional budget talks later this year. Once those talks are underway, will the white house and president insist that revenue continue to be on the table . The president has insisted that in these budget negotiations that hes been calling for all year everything has to be on the table. That will be his position going forward. What he believes is a fair approach to resolving our budget challenge is reflected in the buck budget he submitted. He knows even though that was a compromise proposition from the beginning and reflected the offer he made to Speaker Boehner at the end of last year that he will not get in a budget negotiation everything he wants and neither will democrats and neither will republicans. Thats the nature of compromise. But he firmly believes that balance when it comes to further reducing our deficits and building on the work thats been done over these past four years in which we have reduced our deficits by half, we need to continue to take a balanced approach so that no sector of society unfairly has to bear the brunt of that project. Thats always been his position, and it will be his position moving forward. Thanks, jay. Can you just give us a little color how the president was informed of the deal, who told him, what his reaction was . No. None . Right now i think were looking to capitol hill for action to be taken. The president , as you know, has been in contact with leaders in congress as have members of his team. We are encouraged by the progress that weve seen and hope it is fulfilled through votes in both the senate and the house. Can you give us anymore about how he was involved as congress is now poised here at the capitol to vote on these agreements in both houses, we are at the center of the political universe at a critical time in our country. Right now lawmakers have a plan to raise the debt limit and end a national nightmare. Lets get the latest from Kelly Odonnell and mark halperin. Kelly, first to you. The deal has come together. Briefly, what can we expect now . The house voting first and then the senate . We expect actually the senate will go first. The big cliff hanger in that whole issue was what would someone like ted cruz do . Would any single senator take the opportunity to object, to slow things down. Ted cruz says he will not delay a vote. By going first, the senate can produce again, weve got to still see the bill. We expect a vote this afternoon. We expect a sizable number of republicans to vote in favor. What does that do . It gives House Republicans a little more political cover. Without a delay on the senate side, it does send a message to the house that this is the way its going and thats what we expect to have happen. Then House Speaker john boehner would expect the plan from the senate side, bring it to the floor, and likely need democrats to go along and some House Republicans we expect will vote for it as well. But it would leave some room for those most conservative House Republicans to vote no and still have this deal wrapped up in time to avert the crisis weve been talking about. Those are the steps we expect right now. Its playing out kind of in the bestcase scenario. The big question was, would someone like ted cruz get in the way . Hes telling us he will not. And mark, what does john boehner face coming out of this . Obama care is not part of this, other than the verification. The debt ceiling is extended. The spending continuing resolution is extended to january 15th. What have they won after putting the country through this misery . Andrea, the second guessing about republicans strategy and tactics throughout the last several weeks are going to be extraordinary. Theres going to be a lot of questioning about how to go forward. Its going to be interesting. I think Speaker Boehner has handled this in a way where he can put this on the floor, get a lot of democratic votes. My hunch is if there are a lot of republican votes in the senate, which we expect, he could get a lot of republican votes in the house. Questions about his speakership, questions about his own leadership, i think, may be put off. I think this agreement is not bad in the sense that it gives both sides a chance to try to deal with some of these bigger entitlement issues and tax issues over the next few weeks and averts the crisis. John boehner may have done himself and the country a favor by keeping republicans together long enough to say, we tried a lot of different things, we made some mistakes, this is the best we can get at this point to avoid what hes said all along and believed all along was essential, which is avoid a default by the federal government. Fair points all. Thank you very much. Here we me, senator kelly ayotte, who has disagreed with the house approach, linking repeal of obama care to funding the government. Senator, thank you very much. Thanks for having me. So disaster, we hope, averted. Theres an agreement in this, as we understand, that by december 13th there has to be a budget conference, something you have wanted all along. They sit down and start working on a budget with clear guidelines and presumably some adjustment of sequester or entitlement reform. Well, i think the ideal would be to have a budget for the country ensteinstead of what we went through and governing from crisis to crisis. This does give an opportunity. You have congressman paul ryan in the house with the house budget. You have patty murray with the Senate Budget to hopefully get a budget for the country so were not going through this again. That said, im glad weve resolved this. This went on too long. The fact that our leader Mitch Mcconnell stepped forward along with harry reid to get this resolved when the house could not do it, its important for the country that were getting this done today. One of the interesting obvious facts has been the role of women. Senator collins, your colleague from maine, got up on the floor and said that the first call she got for coming up with this plan, her initial plan, which was rejected but started to get the ball rolling, were from you and your fellow republican senator from alaska. What is it about women . Youre certainly outnumbered by the men, but youve reached a Critical Mass of power and authority where you can get things moving. We have. I think that we had a group of seven republicans, seven democrats led by Susan Collins. So many women involved in that group. We want to solve problems. We understand that the nation wants leaders who solve problems. So we may come from different perspectives, but we know we have to come together. Things like the American People have to do at home in their businesses, and we need to bring that here. Thats what were anxious to do. The one thing i think that Bipartisan Group demonstrates is that there are a group that is anxious here on a bipartisan basis to not be where weve been on this issue and to solve the nations problems. I know something of New Hampshire from covering primaries. My folks live up there. What are people back home saying to you . People back home say, whats wrong with you people . This is totally unacceptable. Why cant you solve basic problems . Why are you putting our country in this position . And thats why im glad that we got out of our trenches, that were resolving this, that we are moving on, and im hoping that we can solve the greater fiscal challenges facing the nation by coming together. Youve got, i think, a 6yearold and a 9yearold at home. I do. Have they asked you questions about why congress cant get things done . My daughter is a 9yearold. Kept saying, mom, why cant you get the government open . I dont understand it. So they ask very common sense questions. Theyre good questions. So im looking forward to going home and telling them that we did Work Together. Think about it. Were always telling our kids to Work Together and to solve conflicts through compromise. Im glad that ill be able to go home and tell them that we did resolve this. Unfortunately, i dont like where weve been on this. This took too long to resolve. I hope that we learn from this and it doesnt happen again. I know the department of veteran affairs was beginning to run out of money. By next week they were not going to be able to pay disability benefits. Do you, as an Armed Services committee member, know whether or not the checks are going to flow . How quickly do we get the government reopened and get this big machinery moving again . Yeah, i dont know, andrea. I know all of us are going to work as hard as we can to make sure that our veterans get the benefits that they earned by serving our country and sacrificing for our country. So i think both parties have to come together after this crisis and really move to make sure that people are served like our veterans. Kelly ayotte, thank you very much. Hope you get home sometime soon. Looking forward to that. We should note that the Important Role that the sister hood of senators has played, as weve been saying, in striking this deal has not been lost on their colleagues. Heres senator john mccain earlier today. I think its obvious that we are now seeing the end of this agonizing odyssey. And coming up, more of our special coverage from capitol hill. Well talk to senator Chuck Schumer on what happens next to move this deal forward. Youre watching Andrea Mitchell reports, a special edition from capitol hill only on msnbc. At a ford dealer with a little q and a for fiona. Tell me fiona, whos having a big tire event . Your ford dealer. Who has 11 major brands to choose from . Your ford dealer. Whos offering a rebate . Your ford dealer. Who has the low price tire guarantee, affording peace of mind to anyone who might be in the market for a new set of tires . Your ford dealer. Im beginning to sense a pattern. Get up to 140 in mailin rebates when you buy four select tires with the Ford Service Credit card. Whered you get that sweater vest . Your ford dealer. The white house says that the House Speaker has given his commitment that he will finally permit a floor vote on the senate deal to end the shutdown and avert default. Joining me now is democratic senator from new york Chuck Schumer, who has been instrumental in all these negotiations. So the deal is a Conference Committee on the budget december 13th. Right. A continuing resolution until january 15th. Funding the government until then. Funding the government. And extending the debt ceiling until february 7th. Right. So its basically, were ending up where we started. You know, when we began, at least Senate Democrats and House Democrats and the president said we want to do three things, open the government, were doing that. Pay our bills, were doing that. And then lets negotiate. So for all this drama, all this, were ending up just where we started. You can say you feel great. I dont. I dont think this is a day for happiness or exaltation. We came really close to the edge of a cliff, one of the highest cliffs we could have come to. All for basically nothing, and were ending up where we started. Former defense secretary and former budget director leon panetta has said that theres a criticism of the president here, that, you know, we cant continue to lead by crisis. There was a lack of engagement from the white house. I dont buy that. I think, look, i think the president stood strong and he had to. The people who were running the show, the Ted Cruz Tea Party republican, basically said unless we get our way, were going to do huge harm to the nation, huge harm to millions of innocent people, so give into us. Had we given in this time, wed be doing this again and again and again. There would be brinksmanship every quarter. I fully supported the president s idea. I was one of the people who, you know, believed in it strongly, that we stand firm, we dont negotiate with a gun to our head. And we won. The only Silver Lining in this cloud, andrea, is hopefully the day of brinksmanship is over, that most of the republicans, certainly in the senate, and maybe even in the house, will say, this hardright group that is so sure theyre right and says unless you do it our way, were basically going to cause huge harm to the nation and we know youre soft hearted, youll do what we want, those days are over. But are those days really over . February 6th at midnight, are we back on the brink . I cant believe Speaker Boehner would go through the same exercise again. A, the Republican Party poll numbers are down. B, hes regarded as one of the least popular and least effective leaders in washington. And hopefully, like all of us, he can learn a lesson. So i am hopeful, i am very hopeful that we will not have brinksmanship. Look, i give some real credit to senator mcconnell. Hes got a primary. Hes been threatened by the tea party. But he, unlike Speaker Boehner, stepped up to the plate. Admittedly, it would have been nicer if this had all happened earlier, but he did it and deserves credit. What happened behind the scenes . How did this finally come together . Were there calls from wall street . Was it the fitch warning of a downgrade . I think what finally happened was there was a realization among the mainstream conservative republicans in the senate that the house couldnt get anything done. So if they didnt step up to the plate, which admittedly they were reluctant to do, there would be default and default would fall on their shoulders more heavily than on anybody elses. So i think late in the game, leader mcconnell, backed by most, not all of his caucus, said, we have to do something, even if the tea party doesnt like it, even if ted cruz doesnt like it. For several weeks, they let tea party and ted cruz lead them around by the nose. Thats what happened in the house until the very last minute, until the senate let. How much has this poisoned the atmosphere, even in the senate . The Senate Atmosphere is going to be better. We had a group of 12 get together and propose some useful ideas, democrats and republicans. I think thats a very good thing. And even more important than that, i think that the days where the hard, hard right is going to run the show, which is whats happened here and thats been the cause of all this brinksmanship, has peaked. Will they have no power . That would be false. Theyll have a lot of power. But the idea that what ty say goes, over. Because the proof of the pudding is in the eating. When the republican poll numbers get down to 20 because they followed the tea party, theyre no dummies. Theyre going to change. So the conference starts. Its patty murray on the budget on the senate and paul ryan from the house. Its december 13th. Its going into a holiday season. Are they going to be serious about putting everything on the table . And that means entitlement cuts. It means entitlement cuts, revenues, both. Altering the sequester . That hasnt happened. We all know if we dont do it, sequester hits and thats painful. Theres some incentive. And theyre both very i like them both. I deal with them both. Theyre both very capable people. Theyre very far apart. But maybe, maybe, maybe this crisis has the idea of confrontation and standing in your corner has peaked. Lets hope so. Lets hope so indeed. Chuck schumer, thank you very much. Up next, how are the markets reacting to the latest developments here on capitol hill . Stay with us. Well talk to cnbcs Steve Liesman here on Andrea Mitchell reports only on msnbc. Has its ups and downs. Seasonal. Doesnt begin to describe it. My cashflow can literally change with the weather. Anything that gives me some breathing room makes a big difference. The plum card from American Express gives your business flexibility. Get 1. 5 discount for paying early, or up to 60 days to pay without interest, or both each month. 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First, let me say the god part of the deal, andrea, and i think this is significant, is it gets us through the Christmas Shopping season. I think having this kind of uncertainty over the economy while people were figuring out what to buy each other for christmas and the holidays risked a more serious slowdown than we would otherwise have had. Youre right. It does push it ahead to january 15th. Thats going to be another problem. I think whats interesting is the market kind of smelled this out as a fake from the very beginning. Well, it is off 400 points from where it was september 18th. In general, the market has been strong throughout this, thinking this 11thhour deal was going to be reached. Obviously people got hurt because itll take a while for people to get back pay. Checks werent flowing. Food wasnt going to the wic program, the women and infant children program. So there was a lot of real pain out there in the real economy with people. At the moment, andrea, i hate to say this but ignorance is bliss. One of the effects of the Government Shutdown is we have no data on the economy. The Labor Department stopped putting it out. So were not exactly clear whats been going on. The data that has come out from the private sector and those Government Agencies still issuing it have suggested weve had some weakness but not very strong weakness. Its been okay. I think youre right, that there are individual stories of pain that are out there. From a macroeconomic basis, its less painful than it would have been. And of course we had the imf chief warning on sunday on mee the press that theres an International Fallout here. We have really hurt ourselves in terms of our image around the world. That isnt easily repaired. I think thats right. I think americans maybe dont appreciate the special place they have in the world of global finance. Actually, the historic role they have in the world of global finance. They are the riskfree asset around the world against which Everything Else is measured. The good thing for america is that our competitors are in such bad shape in the sense that we dont really have a strong competition, but i think that the next time this happens and the time after that, there is some measurable amount of higher rates we will pay because we call into question whether or not we could potentially default. If you read the rating agencies, andrea, its fascinating. The reports they write read like theyre about to upgrade the United States because of the finances. The debt is down, deficits down. All that good stuff is happening. The only reason they call us into question is because of politics. As always. Thank you, Steve Liesman, from cnbc. Thank you so much. Pleasure. Next up right here, House Democratic leader nancy pelosi. Well ask her how she plans to get the senate deal through the house. Shes holding the cards. Stay with us. 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This is a situation i dont think any of us have ever seen, where the speaker of the house has completely lost control of the votes to put something up. They tried another proposal yesterday. What is going to happen later today, assuming the senate votes on the deal thats been described. Well, assuming that the senate will act in a timely fashion, we will hopefully receive the bill this evening, the agreement this evening that the speaker has enabled his people to have their say, to let off steam, to sew their oats, and as the leader of that caucus and now as the speaker of the house will allow the house to work its will in a responsible way. How many democratic votes do you think youre going to have to put up for him . Well, well see what he puts up. But nonetheless, suffice to say, when we receive the legislation, the bill will pass. And with this episode closed, presumably, what are have we learned about leading through crisis, about shutting down the government, threats, extraneous issues being attached . Are we going to face this again on february 6th as we go into the next deadline on the debt ceiling . I hope not. We are pleased with whats happened in the senate. They came to terms and convinced the speaker that we should take this up in the house, which is something weve been suggesting for a while. Its really a sad state of affairs, that government would be shutdown now for 16 days, that the full faith and credit of the United States of america would be in doubt, even for a moment. So it has taken its toll. What could come out of it is however enthusiastic we are about our issues and our point of view, that we dont hold the government hostage and the full faith and credit of the United States hostage. I think that hopefully that lesson was learned. It shouldnt have been anything that needed to be learned, but hopefully weve crossed that. The American People are fully aware of the consequences. This is basically a clean continuing resolution. Why do you think john boehner did not bring it to the floor 16 days ago . I dont know. You really would have to ask him. I think the unrest in his caucus and actually, they would come up with ideas they never had the votes for. We kept saying, we can end this in five minutes on any one of these days that the government has been shutdown or even the days before leading up to it, we could have ended this in five minutes by passing the bill that passed in the senate and was sent over to the house. They went to extraordinary lengths, including even changing the rules of the house, so we could not exercise our prerogative to bring it up as the minority. Nonetheless, were here now. Its about how we go into the future. How we go into the future has to be about how we create jobs and as we go to the budget table, how do we create growth, how do we create jobs, how do we do so in a manner that says we respect each others positions, but that doesnt mean you have a right to shut down government. No, we still have i would have liked in this agreement for the lifting of the debt ceiling to go way beyond february, for at least another year. But hopefully the good faith negotiations will take us to a place where were not subjecting the American People, our economy, our reputation in the world to what just happened. The white house has said everything is on the table in these budget talks that will start on december 13th. Theres going to be a conference. Thats right. It may start today. It ends december 13th. Oh, im sorry. Theres a deadline of december 13th. The budget conference is starting right now with patty murray and paul ryan. In the next days, so that it would be finished in time. With that, will democrats and the liberal wing of the Democratic Party go along with entitlement reform . How much is on the table . Well, when the president says everything is on the table, it is. As the republicans are always challenges, will the democrats make any changes in entitlement, we have and we can. But you cannot go to the table and say, were going to reduce the deficit by focusing on entitlements if you want to take revenue off the table. I believe that the republicans have been comfortable challenging us on entitlements, but if we ever accepted their offer, we would have to accept it with revenue involved, with increased revenue coming in. Why should granny, and i being a granny, why should granny whos in a less economic beneficial situation than i am, why should granny pay the price when we wont touch one hair on the head of the wealthiest people in our country . It has to be balanced. Its something we want to subject every dollar we spend to the harshest scrutiny so we know were getting our moneys worth and the people are well served. That includes tax expenditures too, with all of these tax loopholes that are there benefitting special interests and saying rather than addressing those at the same time as we look at how to make our entitlements work better for people, theyre saying only one side of it but dont go any near tax breaks. Do you think John Boehners speakership can survive this crisis . Sure, sure. Hes a decent fellow. He has done the right thing at long last, by having this come up on the floor of the house. Weve had moments where weve depended on the republicans to do something. For example, the t. A. R. P. Bill five years ago where the market went down 775 points or 778 points in one day because the republicans refused to support their president , george bush, democrats had to produce the votes. So we have to recognize theres a difference of opinion in our country on the role of governance. Right now you saw they let the t. A. R. P. Go down the first time. We had to produce many more votes the second time, 170 votes. This time theyre allowed two weeks of uncertainty and definite shutting of the government. This isnt right. At least we have to respect the responsibility that we have. President washington, when he left office, he cautioned against Political Parties which were at war with their own government. Thats really what we have here, a group of people who want top shrink, shrink, shrink. We dont want anymore government than we need, but we have to have cops on the beat and referees on the field in terms of regulating what goes on in our country, whether its the air we breathe, the water we drink, the safety of the food for our children, and the rest. Youve been around here a long time, as have i. Have you ever seen anything quite like this, a battle over what most people felt was nothing, nothing relevant to the issues at hand . I think that republicans even forgot what they were shutting down government for. But i was here in the 90s. I saw that series of events that shut down government, which was about saving face for the speaker at the time because he didnt like a seat he got on a plane. So that was terrible. Its the same breed of cat that wants to reduce the role of government so if you shut it down, no problem. Then they went on to impeach the president , president clinton. So there was an echo of an earlier period when Something Like this happened. But this really was unnecessary. Its unfortunate that it happened. Hopefully there are lessons learned. I think part of it is they dont want our president to have the successes our country needs. This is one way of standing in the way of that. But you know what . Were on a new path now. We have an agreement. Were going to pass it its going to pass in the senate. Were going to pass it in the house. I cant believe that many republicans will vote against opening government and lifting the debt ceiling, but well see. Well see in a few hours or maybe tomorrow morning. But whatever it is, we have to use it as a template on how we go forward recognizing that this was an opportunity cost of time. We could have been talking about jobs, farm bill, immigration, any number of issues that need to be addressed. I commend the speaker for coming around to bringing it to the floor. I salute i never saw anything like what harry reid did. To watch him was to watch a master at work. He was superb, intellectually, politically astute. Just the sheer stamina of it all. Its a sign of the republican his members have for him. Speaking of masters at work, youve just been inducted into the womens hall of fame, which is such a high honor. Congratulations to you. Thank you. A very special thing thats happened in the midst of all this. We should not let it pass unmentioned or unnoticed. Thank you. When i was there, we talk about when women succeed, america succeeds, how to make respect for women in the workplace something that increases our gdp and improves our families own our country. Here and around the world. Thank you very much. Thank you. Democratic leader nancy pelosi. Well be right back with senator Amy Klobuchar. Stay with us. D® when i could take tums® throughout the day when my heartburn comes back . cause you only have to take one. [ male announcer ] dont be like the burns. Just one pepcid® complete works fast and lasts. Thats a good thing, but it doesnt cover everything. Only about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. So consider an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. 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For all the people that have been furloughed, hundreds of thousands of people, for the people who have been waiting to go our National Parks or even help getting help on their veterans benefits, were glad thats happening as well as paying our bills and sending a message to the rest of the world that america is still strong and moving forward. So thats what today is about. But i think as you know, andrea, the work of our Bipartisan Group hasnt ended. Theres a lot of work to be done in terms of longterm budget for this country. And that is a big deadline. December 13th. The deadline for a budget agreement. They havent even met at all on a budget. Now theyre going to be meeting. Nancy pelosi said they might be meeting this afternoon. Well, exactly. Patty murray and senator murray heading up the budget side on the senate. Paul ryan in the house. We have been waiting in the senate, as you probably know. I think patty has come to the floor, a number of us, 20some times asking to bring the Senate Budget to a conference. Thats what youre supposed to do. You know that old song with the schoolhouse rock, when theres a bill on capitol hill, people are supposed to get together and make a decision. Thats what this is about. So we can finally make sure that the two sides are meeting. Different budget, but a purpose for keeping the government steady so we dont lunch from fiscal crisis. Is that the next crisis, december 13th, this conference is going to blow up . Well, as you know, we have until midjanuary with the continuing resolution. So you wont see this date is very important, but i think that midjanuary date is equally as important. So the hope would be we can take a balanced approach where we replace some of these sequestration cuts, which in midjanuary youre going to see over 20 billion in additional cuts with other things. Revenue. I could be on for an hour telling you ideas there as well as maybe some reform. What kind of revenue . What kind of taxes . I would throw out that you could get rid of some of the subsidies out there. Ethanol subsidies have gone away. Oil is at 40 billion right now. You could have a negotiation of prices under Medicare Part d. That brings in over 200 billion in revenue. Home mortgage deduction, very important in our country. You could set it at 500,000 in value on a home and still if you buy a 1 million home, you get it up to that 500,000 value. That brings in tens of billions of dollars. There are many things we could do that wouldnt be balancing the budget on the backs of the middle class butting looking prudently at the programs in place and then saying, you know, there are priorities in our budget. Infrastructure, roads, bridges, rail, the idea were going to do with nih that we put the money we need into alzheimers research, the idea of an infrastructure bank, tax reforms. I think theres a lot of exciting things. The best part is we have this group in the senate thats come together, complementing the work of the gang of six, gang of eight, where weve said weve had it with this. Weve had it with people in the opposite corners of the bocking ring. Lets come together and get something done. What are you hearing from your constituents . They dont like this kind of stuff. They want people to move forward and be sensible and the kind of insults theyve seen being hurled on tv doesnt make any sense to them at all. So my guess is theyre going to be happy we get through this, but they understand that this is just the beginning, not the end. Finally, do you have a message to ted cruz . Well, i think that our job is to govern. Yes, checks and balances is incredibly important in this democracy. So is governing. Governing means finding co compromi compromise. It means the group Susan Collins help put together thats willing to put partisanship aside and say, look, you can go to the floor, you can give a speech for 24 hours, but is that really courage . I think courage is whether youre willing to stand next to someone you dont always agree with for the betterment of this country. Not obstructing everything that comes in the door. Senator Amy Klobuchar, thank you very much for being with us. Coming up, the next step on passing the debt deal. Stay with us for more of our special coverage right here from capitol hill on Andrea Mitchell reports. First day of my life by bright eyes youre not just looking for a house. Youre looking for a place for your life to happen. Add brand new belongings from nationwide insurance and well replace stolen or destroyed items with brandnew versions. We put members first. Join the nation. Nationwide is on your side welcome back, we know which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours. Chris cillizza is back with us. Lets talk about the deadlines and what nancy pelosi said when she said the vote could be tonight or even tomorrow morning, going past midnight wont matter if the vote is a done deal. What have we learned . Weve got this deal, the budget confer ees will be meeting, supposed to come up with a budget by december 13th. The government will stay open until january 15th when the temporary spending bill they are supposed to pass tonight in the senator today in the senate and tonight or tomorrow in the house goes through and the debt ceiling, importantly will be extended until february 7th. Well, andrea, on your timing point, the debt ceiling we all focused on the october 17th date. But most economists said until about october 23rd, you might not see the really big impact. A few hours here or there, if wall street and the Global Economy knows a deal is coming will be fine. On the broader point, i worry honestly, theres a lot of selfcon grat lags going on. If you watch the senate and house, you would think they accomplished world peace. But what theyve really done here is setup another framework that in two and a half or three months i have to say. We could be talking again. Sorry. Chuck schumer was saying to me this is not a victory lap. Nancy pelosi was saying this should have been done 16 days ago. So i dont think they are patting themselves on the back. They were praising the leaders reid and mcconnell for being grownup and mcconnell taking real risks since he has a tea Party Challenge in the primary and did it any way. I think what weve learned, andrea, is this kind of brinkmanship, crisis to crisis governance, i hate to say might continue but its hard to imagine by mid december these budget conferees will have settled on a longTerm Agreement, or even a shortish Term Agreement on our debt and spending issues, entitlement reform, tax code reform, maybe revenue increases. It doesnt seem as though our government is built to do those sorts of things. While the deadlines certainly do, it gets us beyond these dire deadlines that youre bumping up against, they just set up another set of deadlines that come february or come january will also look dire. I dont think weve solved the fundamental disagreements between the two parties. Mitch mcconnell is the ultimate operator and closer. He said this is already a disaster for our party politically, it will only get worse if we go over the debt ceiling. Im cutting a deal. Well, chris cillizza, lets hope the deal stands up. We have learned a profound lesson about our democracy, there is a growing disconnection between the people who are governed and the people governing them because they see it isnt working. Thanks you so much. That does it for this special edition of Andrea Mitchell reports follow the show online and on twitter. Tamron has a look at whats next. 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