guest: going to take some calls, katherine tully-mcmanus is with us until 8:30. john, ventura, california, republican, good morning. caller: good morning, everyone. i would like to start off with the omnibus bill. maybe you could answer some questions about that. there was no republican input. $6 trillion. remember, it caused huge amounts of inflation. up to 10% at one point. remember joe biden saying it's paid for? well, if it's paid for by raising the debt ceiling with no republican in, now the republicans have the house and they are going back on the waste spending in the omnibus bill and this is what has happened. if they raise the debt ceiling to the democrat level, there will be more inflation, more interest rate hikes. if you raise the debt level to where the republicans made cuts, there will be less inflation and less interest rate hikes. host: that was john in california. you remember the omnibus bill? guest: i remember it and many before it. that is absolutely what republicans are saying, the out-of-control spending is driving things and it may be a pro

republican, good morning, you are on with katherine tully-mcmanus.r: thank you for taking the call. one has to wonder how serious the biden administration is as far as reducing the debt when the easiest source is to go after the money that hunter biden owes to the federal government and yet within the last four hours the weaponized department of justice has fire the irs whistleblower and all of the investigators that were looking into the hunter biden scandal just at a time when in indictment forthcoming. as long as the doj and the ir weaponized by the political left, how are we ever going to have a fair situation where the debt can be looked at objectively? host: the political is a -- politicization, that coming the day after we saw the john durham report. the reaction, i'm interested in yours to the durham report in the last 20 hours or so. caller: i will honestly say that both chambers last night had questions on, but it was not the dominant topic of conversation among lawmakers last night. even those who you might really expect to latch onto it.

federal debt limit debate with politico congress reporter and auorf the huddle newsletter, katherine tully-mcmanusthen we discussed the stalemate over raising theebceiling and border policy with georgia public and congressman buddy carter and texas democrat tony cuyler. -- henry cuellar. host: it is tuesday, may 16, to a 23. the house and