when s that, jay? you know, the deadline set by the treasury department, by the career analysts there, in terms of when we lose our borrowing authority is august 2nd. when do you congress will act. and in other words, a bill that comes to the president s desk by the morning of august 2nd is in time? as i understand it that would be the case. i don t know if it s august 1st or august 2nd depending on the hour of the day when think eventuality might come to pass. we don t think it will get to that. again, we make no mistake. conversations continue. obviously, between leaders of both parties on capitol hill. between those leaders and members of the administration. we are seeking a way out of this impasse, this balanced and can be supported by democrats and republicans and that can be seib signed by this president. we think that can happen. it s not pretty. as you know, this process in washington is as ugly as making sausage can be sometimes, but in the end, there is no a