here is the current u.s. debt ceiling. it 14i$14.3 trillion. we hit it in may. if they don t comeup with a dee. they have a scheduled meeting in about five hours. listen to how far republicans, other republicans and democrats are. this is from anderson cooper 360 late last night. first majority whip steny hoyer. even within their own party, it is deeply divided party, divided against their leadership, angry at their leadership, and a party that has divided itself, has difficulty working with the president and with us and that s unfortunate and the country is the poorer for it. i don t buy this notion of e default. to me that s a false choice. default means you can t service your debt, you can t pay off your debt, anderson, and there s plenty of government revenues to do that. one of the things that s been harmful in this debate is there s been this obsession with august 2nd, august 2nd. we need to get this right. we need a balanced budget amendment. if it takes us a few
which can be moved rapidly from one place to another. it is identical with the 1,000-mile missiles, which have been displayed in moscow parades. then adlai stevenson spoke directly to the soviet ambassador, with the whole world watching, knowing that we were on the brink of nuclear war. as to the authenticity of the photographs which mr. soran has spoken about with such scorn, i wonder if the soviet union would ask its cuban colleague to permit a united nations team to go to these sites. if so, i assure you we can direct them to the proper places very quickly. and now i hope that we can get down to business, that we can stop this sparring. we know the facts and so do you, sir. and we are ready to talk about them.
position. this missile is a mobile weapon which can be moved rapidly from one place to another. it is identical with the 1,000-mile missiles, which have been displayed in moscow parades. then adlai stevenson spoke directly to the soviet ambassador, with the whole world watching, knowing that we were on the brink of nuclear war. as to the authenticity of the photographs which mr. soran has spoken about with such scorn, i wonder if the soviet union would ask its cuban colleague to permit a united nations team to go to these sites. if so, i assure you we can direct them to the proper places very quickly. and now i hope that we can get down to business, that we can stop this sparring. we know the facts and so do you, sir. and we are ready to talk about