and when? they re still trying to figure that out. there s significant debate about the next steps. one thing is that republicans have demanded that democrats go through what s known as the budget reconciliation process. that can circumvent a republican filibuster and be approved by simple majority. that takes a couple weeks to go through, a very arduous process because a flurry of amendment votes would happen on the senate floor, putting democrats in a difficult political spot which is why they ve essentially ruled out the process. the other option is to get support from republican senators, get 60 votes. that s not going to happen. today republicans will filibuster that. the other thing is to get agreement so this can be approved on a simple majority basis. there s no agreement for that. now there s serious discussion on going about changes in the senate filibuster rules to allow potential one-time carve out to raise the debt ceiling in order to approve this on a simple m
thank you for being here everyone. let s get to these top stories at this hour. first, president biden considering drastic measures to avoid a catastrophic debt default. the president now seems open to senate democrats using the so-called nuclear option to raise the debt ceiling, something he previously was against. listen to this. to raise the debt limit using a carve out with the filibuster to raise the debt limit? i think that s a real possibility. a real possibility now. getting rid of the filibuster here means democrats would need only a simple majority, 50 just over 50 votes which they would have without needing any republican buy-in. secondly, the senate is expected to hold a test vote this afternoon on a measure to suspend the debt ceiling until 2022. that s expected to fail. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is breaking his silence in a new statement released hours after frances how long again urged congress to regulate social media giants like facebook, zuckerb
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