caldwell. and so the house convenes in about an hour from now, around 3:00 p.m., to vote to extend the nation s debt limit through early december. we ve talked about how this is a short term fix. but the house speaker in her press conference today, she appeared to support a way to break this debt ceiling logjam moving forward. tell us about it. reporter: she did. she knows that this has become politically cumbersome for both parties. the fact that congress has to lift or suspend the debt limit every year or two and it becomes embroiled in partisan politics. what she said at a press conference, that there is an idea that has, quote, maris she said merit and that was putting it on the administration perhaps the treasury secretary to lift the debt limit and then congress has the ability to overrule or override that. that idea seems to be gaining traction.