state. this also is an escalation of the battle that president biden has really been waging with congressional republicans. we remember at the state of the union address, the way he felt like he got republicans on record in opposing significant changes to entitlement programs, retirement programs like social security and medicare. and in the absence of a republican challenger that is clear at this point, it is going to be a year before we really know who emerges from that very tough republican presidential nominating fight. it is congressional republicans who are going to be president biden s main sparring partner for the next year. he really does feel like he has a political winner in making these arguments. one, yes, he is asking in his budget plan for an additional 1.2% tax in medicare to help fund this extension of it. but it is really also about things he s already done. he s also been able to do this because of the inflation reduction act and because of savings under the affordab
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congress to pass. he s got to talk about what congress is already done, and challenging the new house majority to work with him on things that have brought popular support. this president knows it s going to be more than a year until he knows who he is going to run against. it might be donald trump, it might be ron desantis, it might be any list of a long list of republicans who might enter the race. and he s gonna use that republican congress s main sparring partner. and he feels like has a lot to talk about that he is already done. and you saw the clip, the president challenging kevin mccarthy, i will have a debate with you, i will negotiate with you over the debt ceiling, but tell me what you got the votes for. let s talk about exactly that, luke. because i want to play what the chairman of the house budget committee said just a few days ago about this debt ceiling situation. the question that i would ask you, is whether you think that this debt ceiling is going to be used as a