the hurricane relief bill, when it gets to the senate, is there going to be a short-term three-month debt ceiling attached, a long-term bill, nothing. a clean bill, what do democrats want to see? let s get to the bottom line here, when it comes to relief for the victims of harvey, i can tell you the democrats are solid. we re going to help these people. i believe and i ve always believed that i should be ready to step up and help victims of a natural disaster even if it isn t my own state. there are some republicans who are eating their words who voted against hurricane relief for sandy, other instances. they re going to come around and we should make that a priority. the question is whether this will be a vehicle to do something else. i m for a debt ceiling extension, i voted for them. at least i have in recent times. and i believe that we should. but it doesn t have to be a year and a half, that is clearly political, it is a decision to try to get this beyond the next election so t