end of the year. it does not look like at this point that is going to happen, even though a top senate leadership aid tells us they want to move forward on build back better as well as voting rights before the end of the year. but the reality here looks like there s just not enough pieces of this filled in and it doesn t look like there are the votes right now to get it done on that timeline. you mentioned voting rights. all of this coming after the busy overnight stretch for house lawmakers. they voted to raise the debt limit. the so-called debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion. there have been moves suggested. if they could do that to raise the debt ceiling, why couldn t or wouldn t they do that for voting rightss? there are certainly those people, and i think that as we move forward and see these kinds of carveouts being made, there are going to be more questions about the ways in which the rules are changed or manipulated or not to pass different pieces of the democratic agenda. i spen
the floor. alternatively, offering democrats short-term extension until november, the extension would let democrats further prepare for reconciliation. takes teeth out of the display the president had pointing blame to republicans saying, they are not getting onboard to raise the debt limit, any default is on them. republicans are offering democrats this patch, have more time, get yourself together and we ll allow that time and support you to have it. the thinking on this, according to one republican leadership aid, they tell me democrats can cure ills by end of the month using reconciliation, track they are using to track social spending and use the same process to pass a one-page debt ceiling by december. so basically here, republicans are saying, look, we will allow you democrats to raise the debt
democratic president, barack obama, and it s bernie sanders, who just ran in the election before this. so there are people who already have high name recognition among voters. so as people are tuning in, you re watching them start to pull their support away from people like bernie sanders and joe biden to people who are polling a little lower in the field like kamala harris, elizabeth warren, amy klobuchar. that s the shifting sands we re working on as we go into the debate. all right. thank you. appreciate it. i want to bring in my panel right now. they include former spokesperson for the house oversight committee, also an nbc news think contributor. and joel payne, democratic strategist and former senate leadership aid. and wana summers. so you have 12 candidates who have reached the dnc s threshold for qualifying for the debate. you see them right there. they meet both thresholds, including andrew yang, as you
it s a phony deal. i have no idea who these women are. these women are horrible people. they re or shl, horrible liars. let s bring in ginger gibson, sofia nelson a former house gop committee counsel and joel payne a democratic strategist and senate leadership aid. how is it going and why is trump talking like this? how does it help him trash the victim? he s the one being wronged according to him. i often wondered how he d get past that when he s in charge but he knows it resonates with his voters. look at them applauding and cheering while he mocks her testimony. it s because they re looking for someone, particularly the
they are actually talking. well, miguel, we expect them to talk. they haven t started discussions yet between the two leaders. we are told from the democratic leader that these discussions will happen. i just spoke to a top leadership aid that they have not heard from harry reid yet. we do know that the talks have absolutely collapsed between the house republicans and the white house at this point. so the ball has been thrown into the senate s court. let s see if they can cut a deal. the clock is ticking right now. i take it, it is a good sign. we have seen it play out in the past. they force the house to end up passing it. is that what we think is going