government and to insure that we do not default. and he will have that conversation. and you know, look, we all realize, has put then ares, they've gotten themselves in a box here in the house and it's put them in a difficult position and they're under a lot of pressure, a lot of it applied by republicans, and there's a simple way out. do the democratic thing. pass a bill. see if it can win a majority. put a bill on the floor, see if the majority votes yes. be surprised and delighted by the fact that a number of your own republicans would vote yes. by some estimates, quite a number of them. take that as a win. and move on. and then we can insure that the government doesn't, rather that the economy doesn't default, the united states doesn't default. we raise the debt ceilinging in an orderly fashion without drama and delay.