last markup on thursday. was that due to attendance issues or could his presence have changed thin? i think that her attendance could have changed it. and as our statement said, there were others who will move forward in the future when she does return. but do remember that the fundamental problem here is obstruction by the republican senators who will not allow a replacement for her temporarily. it is not clear that they would allow a replacement for her permanently on the committee. or even allow someone new on to the committee where she has the senate. that problem of republican obstruction persists across all of these different scenarios, except if the senator returns to the work scenario. before i let you go i want to with president joe biden where he talks about the debt ceiling standoff. msnbc stephanie ruhle asked him whether he would use the 14th amendment to declare the debt limit unconstitutional?