yot first, you didn t listen either, so i should even answeri athe question. d cut th i we cut the deficit by 160 billion dollars billion, billion dollars on the medicare deal . all right.al. now, unfortunately, bidennt and his friends want a freere pass , but senate republicans, they are standing firme pass.. d at least forty three of them now have signed on to a letter refusing to vote for a debt deb ceiling increase withoutt serious spending and budgeceilir reform. m. g my next guesuestt also says he would not support the so-called clean debt ceiling increase unless it has fiscalit responsibility measures in it. souisiana senator john kennedy is with us right now. so he had ninety seven days to meet with mccarthy. ninety seven days to negotiate . finally, the house raises the debt ceiling. they return spending to twenty, twenty two levels. 20they reduce baseline budgeting to only a one percent increase annually to keep the budget in line.