funding this. we need to change that behaviour and make america stronger, less dependent on china and actually curve inflation. if this is where we were in february when i first came down i d be very optimistic that this would get solved right away. the structure has changed so we re in a better process. mitch, do you want to say anything else?- in a better process. mitch, do you want to say anything else? seven of the last 10. want to say anything else? seven of the last 10, seven want to say anything else? seven of the last 10, seven of want to say anything else? seven of the last 10, seven of the want to say anything else? seven of the last 10, seven of the last - want to say anything else? seven of the last 10, seven of the last ten i the last10, seven of the last ten debt the last 10, seven of the last ten debt ceilings have carried something else put debt ceilings have carried something else put up with the speaker and i are advocating here is not unusual. it s are advoc
on our debt? well, we are not going to allow ourselves to default on the debt, it s not going to happen and if it does, it s for four minutes and 33 seconds. this type of scare talk is very detrimental. it s this talk that causes all the problems in the marketplace and the country. we are not going to default on the debt, it s never been done, we have had debt ceilings and political discussions, both biden and mccarthy have ways of eliminating the problem instantaneously. biden can just agree to mccarthy s bill and that would be done. mccarthy can just pull the bill and say we ll give it clean and free debt ceiling, that will get it done. no one is going to let it go over the hill, sandra, and frankly, it s just really scare talk and i m surprised janet yellen for doing that. it s not right of her doing that. she s a professional economist. she knows well it has not happened before and not now and she can control it as well. just scaring people is terrible
nearly two-thirds of this poll this is voting age americans, two-thirds say they don t think president biden has the mental sharpness to serve as president. donald trump is only a few years younger than joe biden. 54% say he is sharp enough. it s not just ageism. biden likes to say watch me. people say can you do this, watch me. people are watching and don t think he s sharp enough. they need to put him out more. i think she s right. when you saw him at the state of the union, he was so sharp. it s actually a really hard speech to do. after that, paul, he s not been very loud or forceful in what he genuinely believes. when he takes this fight to the republicans in the house and say debt ceilings, he s a moderate. he s not a real fighter where he s going to be able to push
early appreciate it. without going into the hole details, it s a vehicle, it s a bill, that would allow the members, the majority of the members, to sign the petition to go around a leadership. leadership right now is may not be willing to bring a bill to the floor that will raise the debt ceilings and avoid all the consequences you just mentioned. this is a way for us to present an option for the majority of the members of the house. right, so as i mentioned, you d need five republicans to make your plan work, to get that just charge petition out. have you had any conversations with republicans about signing on? well, i work with my republican colleagues. i have wrenches was many of them. we ve discussed this, some of the things that are going on in the caucus, i think that there are five. unfortunately, there s a lot of pressure on them to do what the most extreme members of their
credit of the united states. that would raise the rates that your viewers are paying on credit cards or student loans or mortgages. it would throw our country into a recession and hurt us globally. house republicans, meanwhile, are continuing to blame president biden over his stance to not negotiate. we passed a bill to address the problem. it s time now for the president to get in this game, get off the sidelines, and let s start negotiating and figuring this out nought in june when we get to the midnight hour, but today. we can spend a lot of time to get this done. joining us now, senior congressional reporter for punchbowl news, andrew desiderio. andrew, great to see you this morning. we re stuck right now, it seems. the two sides, the house and the white house, talking past each other, talking about different things, talking about budgets, talking about debt ceilings. you know, the clock is ticking as we ve just heard. give us a sense of what people are talking about each a