offered a fix to work on a more permanent solution. msnbc s white house correspondent has details. reporter: what could be a short-term solution to the looming disaster, top republican mitch mcconnell offering democrats a deal to allow the government to extend its ability to borrow money to pay its bills for another two months. view that as a victory, a temporary victory, though, with more work to do. reporter: democrats blasting republicans for refusing to join them to raise the debt limit that covers past spending by both parties. an effort democrats say has always been bipartisan. president biden accusing republicans of playing a dangerous game. doesn t have to be this way. my republican friends need to stop playing russian roulette with the u.s. economy. reporter: republicans argue democrats rushed to pass trillions of dollars in new spending without gop support, so democrats, they say, should raise the debt ceiling on their own and that their offer gives them more time t