joining me now to discuss this is democratic congressman brad schneider of illinois.ssman, it's great to see you again, thanks for coming back on the show. we will get into the specifics of it in a moment, but make the case for us of why you supported this bill. >> well, thank you for having me on tonight as well. the bottom line is, we avoided a catastrophic default that would have cost millions of jobs for small businesses, it would have devastated our economy and our role in the world. we never should have been in this place, republicans tried to hold the country and the economy hostage, but at the end of the day we got a compromise deal. we found common ground, we save the economy, we protected social security, medicare, medicaid, and we live to fight another day. >> as you are fully aware, some of your colleagues perhaps progressives voted against the bill, including your fellow congresswoman -- ramirez of illinois who called the concessions cruel policies that will punish every day people. you just also described that we shouldn't have gotten to this position, w