a couple of things at play here right now. there a number of republicans and democrats who remain undecided about this legislation. there s also a huge question of how quickly the senate is going to move. you heard yesterday from minority leader mitch mccanonne he was hopeful they could put this in motion thursday or friday. you have to get a time agreement. there are a number of members who want to have amendment votes. the big question and the big problem for an amendment vote is none of them actually can pass. otherwise, you have to send this back to the house and you re in a position where you definitely miss that monday deadline. so, they have to have a couple of amendment votes. stl they have to get a time agreement. how quickly that comes together, that s a huge question and we re watching closely on what happens next. poppy? no break for lauren fox. no. appreciate it, thank you. overnight, strikes in kyiv killed three people including a child. we re live in ukraine.
default. pz. here in studio to share their insights is melanie zanona and margaret of axios. walk us through this and explain to america how washington and the senate works. senator schumer had agreement. some senators will get to propose amendments. as long as they can kill them. as long as they make sure they lose so they don t change the house bill. any senate, any single member can slow things down. they need the cooperation of any single senator in order to move quickly on this. so what leadership is doing is going to offer them amendment votes in exchange for their cooperation. these amendment votes will fail. everyone knows that because if it were to pass, it would upset things it was a negotiated deal to go back to the house. they are in the process of working that out. it s just a matter of when, not if they pass this in the senate. we re hearing it might be today or tomorrow. they will have the amendments. you write an interesting piece
what are they going to put in for amendment votes that will allow them to get all hundred senators on board, if we do these amendment votes, we can do this today or tomorrow. get out of town with time to spare on the deadline. ali vitali, i know you ll continue to watch it for us, thank you, and if this debt ceiling bill gets signed into law, 43 million people will have to restart their student loan paymentings. msnbc anchor lindsey reiser is talking to people that have been affected. this is on pause since march 2020, what happens now, and what are folks telling you there in what looks like washington square park. reporter: we re in this iconic park near nyu, one of the most expensive universities in the nation, and a lot of people have been paying attention to what s going on. of course you mentioned borrowers haven t had to pay on their federal student loans while the biden administration has been in office. interest has been paused during that time. with the new debt ceiling bi