additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams, the human foundation committed to bridgingultural differences in our community, rose herschel and andy shreve's, the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions from viewers like you. once again, from washington, our moderator. >> good evening and welcome to washingtonweek. economic disaster was narrowly avoided as lawmakers made a last-minute bipartisan deal to raise the u.s. debt ceiling. it is a fix that will only last until december 3 and it came after president biden and business leaders warned about the dangers. pres. biden: the united states pays its bills, it is who we are, who we have been and who we will continue to be, god willing. >> are playing with fire and our country has suffered greatly over the last two years. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell caught his own party by surprise when he announced republicans were willing to vote to raise the debt ceiling. thursday the senate passed the short-term solution but neither was content. >> we promised we would not help the democrat party raise the deb

. >> additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams. who -- they are committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. sandra and carl, rose and herschel shreve's, and contributions from your pbs station from viewers like you. winky. --. >> it evening and welcome to washingtonweek. the insurrection happened 282 days ago and while the time the violence felt like the end of an era, it seems more like the beginning of a deeper phase of the culture wars. somebody leading the charge in these fights is steve nnp he is the architect of former president trumps grievance politics. he refuses to answer questions from congress about his involvement in january 6. lawmakers will hold him in criminal contempt. on wednesday, he headlined a political rally for republicans in virginia and former president trump called and with more election lies. >> we wanted 2016, we want in 2020, the most corrupt election in our country and probably one of the most corrupt anywhere but we will win it again. we will take it all back. >> battle lines are be

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. >> additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams. the u.n. foundation.ridging cultural differences in our committee. sandra and carl, rose herschelas nation from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> once again, from washingt gooevening and welcome to "washington week." is is another week for president biden -- another difficult week for president biden. he visited capitol hill to unit democrats run his agenda. he told lawmakers they need to reach an agreement on ndin c aonfidendnt.fident. >>e it doesn't matter whether it's six days or six weeks, we will get it done. they are fighting over how much srey mo opetondsen a l. b moderate to say they are worried deal and avoided a government shutdown. joining me to discuss how we got isk'sta stema sleior capitol hill course from the for nbc who joins us from capitol hill. joining me in studio, laura lopez. what has corresponded for white house reporter for cnn, and the chief washington correspondent for the new york times. thank you for being here. garrett, you are in th buig latt on where democrats stand right no

. >> additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams. the u.n. foundation.ridging cultural differences in our committee. sandra and carl, rose herschel and andy shreve's. and my contributions to your pbs nation from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> once again, from washington, the moderator. >> good evening and welcome to "washington week." this is another week for president biden -- another difficult week for president biden. he visited capitol hill to unit democrats run his agenda. he told lawmakers they need to reach an agreement on it doesn't matter whether it's just sounding confident. >> it doesn't matter whether it's six days or six weeks, we will get it done. >> the phone was derailed -- the vote was derailed. the reason? they are fighting over how much money to spend on a second infrastructure bill. progressive supported $3.5 trillion price tag. moderate to say they are wored about "fiscal insanity." thursday, there was good news. congress made an 11th hour deal and avoided a government shutdown. joining me to discuss how we got here andhe conseque