of fascism more tightly by the day. and i just wonder if either republicans will run as fast away from it as they can. i m not sure republicans, joe, run away from extremism of any sort nowadays. but you re right, you re seeing what about mitch mcconnell? what about other senators? what about john thune? i d guess john thune doesn t want this to be part of his legendmurkowski. susan collins. you d think they d want to condemn this. there was an awful lot of opportunities for what was called the establishment republicans, non-radical republicans, maybe just republican republicans, to say or do the right thing, on everything from debt ceilings to what you re talking about here, to impeachment votes, to january 6th votes. and i just don t see it, for the
debt ceilings that we agreed to when president trump was here carried us through august. and this current debt ceiling is indeed about the future. and not about the past. so, i believe we ve reached here a solution to the debt ceiling issue. that s consistent with republican views. of raising the debt ceiling for this amount, at this particular time. and allows the democrats to proudly own it, which they re happy to do. congressional leaders announced the deal yesterday. and it passed the house just hours later in a 222 to 212 vote. only one republican, congressman adam kinzinger of illinois voted with democrats. the dealal allows the debt ceiling to be raised while giving republicans cover to say they did not vote for it, again, this is traditionally, a bipartisan process. the national authorization act one of the many passed bills
busy agenda? i think there s no question that they re going to raise the debt ceiling. they re going to keep the government open but i think the biggest priority for the senate is to use that house bill, build back better, to really shape it so that manchin and sinema can vote for it and then congress can go home for the holidays but seeing a house vote on that and don t expect too many changes. they have to sell it after it passes. daniel, we always warn people of the government shutdowns or hitting the debt ceiling and more often than not congress figures it out. any reason to think that won t happen? it s all democrat washington. with one party control we don t see a government shutdown but we should say why is a the world s top democracy, top industrialized country have to face the types of debt ceilings?
joining me right now to discuss the spending package and vaccine mandates is wisconsin senator ron johnson many he sits on the senate homeland security and foreign relation committee. it s good to see you. thank you for being here. i want to talk about the breaking news we have in terms of the speculation, we do not know if this is true. let me be clear. but the rumor has been heard by many that nancy pelosi wants to get the spending through and then step down. that a would create a special election. here s kevin mccarthy on this program last week. she s a lame duck speaker. she s on a farewell tour. where was she when the democrats were working on reconciliation? the u.k. she s back in europe when they re supposed to work on the debt ceilings. the reconciliation bill, she put $200 million from hard working taxpayers for a park in her district.
debt ceiling is, you know, hypocrisy at a titanic level. the former president can t feel any shame. i voted for debt ceilings with republican and democratic presidents and to condemn mitch mcconnell for protecting the country from going into some kind of catastrophic economic situation is ridiculous that the former president would make these claims. he stirs up people for no reason. he s pitting americans against each other. and i seriously worry about further civil strife and potential violence because of this type of reckless, incendiary behavior by donald trump. yeah. the fear is that january 6th was simply a prelewude of what s to come. trump with a huge 91% approval rating in the state of iowa. of course he s not actually governing but it shows he doesn t have much competition when it comes to republicans in