the expense, real expense is not doing them. mark: so we have two massive spending bills but congress has a lot on its plate including the need to figure out whether or not they will fund the government pass the end of the month or kick the can down the road at temporary funding bill. also you have the treasury secretary urging congress not to wait any longer and to raise the debt ceiling. republicans have said democrats are going to need to do that on their own. democrats are saying they are working on it but they want republican help. mike as you well know, it's going to be a very interesting few weeks ahead. mike make oh, yes, quite a roller coaster ahead. mark meredith, thanks so much. joining to discuss the prospects of the president's agenda independent senior analyst carrie and democratic strategist matt bennett, welcome to both of you. >> thanks. >> thanks for having us. mike: on spending congress needs to get things done, government funding extension, raising the debt keeling in the next coming days but sounds like the 3 and a