to avoid a government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline. the other big deadline that we have on the horizon right now is the debt limit. right. if republicans continue to play games and let the u.s. default on their bills as a political stunt, what would that do to our economy? well, hang on. i think we have to be clear. i don t think the republicans are playing games at alt. i think senator mcconnell is dead serious that he s not going to let his caucus in the senate take this vote. they are not going to vote to support a debt limit rise even though it s traditionally been bipartisan and even though part of the debt that they re paying off because raising the debt limit is not future spending. it s the bills we ve already accrued. 97% of it, right? so that has already been done by republican and democratic administrations. but let s talk about what happens here if, as we approach the 18th of october, which is what secretary yellen it s going to be when she can t find
because it s changing so much because of this pandemic. it s also clean energy. it s also water infrastructure. all of these things that very to have if we want to make it in a 21st century economy because we re trying to do this now in some cases with 19th century infrastructure. yeah, yeah. amen, amen. it doesn t make sense. so, congress voted to avoid a government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline. the other big deadline that we have on the horizon right now is the debt limit. right. if republicans continue to play games and let the u.s. default on their bills or a political stunt, what would that do to our economy? well, hang on, i think we have to be clear. i don t think the republicans are playing games at all. i think senator mcconnell is dead serious he is not going to let his caucus in the senate take this vote. they are not going to vote to support a debt limit rise, even though it s traditionally been bipartisan and part of the debt they re paying off bec