if you are raising the debt ceiling for the next year then offset it by spending reductions and en titlement spending over the next decade. that s a reasonable formula which the president has agreed to in a previous debt ceiling vote. i think the american people if i can be so bold to speak to them, they have now seen the debt ceiling fight over 40 times in the last 30 years. there have been agreements. some have been fight it is last two times. this time and the time before. i bet the american people think when they have spending problems at home they reached the top of their visa or american express and they tighten the belt. they don t call up visa and say, put another $5,000 on it. or not twice because they are worried they can t pay. we have two votes. one is the debt ceiling vote itself. we adopt a budget resolution and passed the 12 appropriations