locked and loaded and the senate has already agreed to everything in there. the funding fight going into october and november is going to be ugly. i have been talking to a lot of democrats on the appropriations panel and they say the fight is the same as last year. which is not great news because we ended up with a 35 day shutdown. they do not have a strategy of how they going to deal with the border wall. that was the main issue that spurred the government into a shutdown of this year. then there is the other tricky issue like the detention beds and the enforcement powers that ice agencies have. these are things that democrats are really riled up about given the aggressive actions on immigration all through the summer. democrats are ready to go to the mat on this. republicans are hearing from trump on this. we are staring down the same fight that we had last year. the senate will take up the continuing resolution. they are back to looking at the southern border. you point
debt for being with us. thank you for being with us. we have sarah ferris with politico. and jennifer with roll call. let s begin with the budget rollcall act. you face a deadline. remind us how we got to this point. the budget cap. thank you. in 2011, there was a special committee of 16 members of the house and senate. their goal was to come up with a deficit reduction plan. the process was under the budget control act, which ultimately passed, they set motion sequestration. if these 16 people could not come to an agreement in a way to reduce the deficit, there would be automatic budget cuts. it has a 10 year duration. it expires after 2021. right now, if we don t by statute increase the levels part of the budget control act, we will face cuts of about $125 billion. equally allocated against the defense and nondefense side. we have this cliff you are talking about. there is also the crisis of the debt ceiling which could have effects on the financial markets. i want to
announcer: please welcome the atlantic s margarette lowe. [applause] hello, hello, and welcome to the atlantic s first summit on athletes and activism. i m margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. we are so happy to be here in washington with all of you at this brand-new arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warm-up act for that. and what a wonderful crowd here today. thank you, all, for joining us. we are exploring the power of athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. we will hear from olympians, collegiate all-americans, and people who cover sports. and listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey world championships, nine olympic medals, and one nfl trophy. so we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. guiding the co
thank you for being with us. we have sarah ferris with politico. and jennifer with roll call. let s begin with the budget rollcall act. you face a deadline. remind us how we got to this point. the budget cap. thank you. in 2011, there was a special committee of 16 members of the house and senate. with aoal was to come up deficit reduction plan. was under the budget control act, which ultimately set motiony sequestration. if these 16 people could not come to an agreement in a way to reduce the deficit, there would budget cuts. it has a 10 year duration. it expires after 2021. we don t byf statute increase the levels part of the budget control act, we will face cuts of about $125 billion. equally allocated against the defense and nondefense side. we have this cliff you are talking about. there is also the crisis of the debt ceiling which could have effects on the financial markets. much of theow, how burden is on democrats to find a solution that can work, a deal with repub