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near -- neil bradley is the chief policy officer they are. he has heard from members on both sides of the aisle. starting with the debt ceiling what are you telling them as the clock ticks down on whether you reach the debt limit. guest: the time is short. everyone was surprised by the june deadline. we should have worked on this weeks ago but that is a mishap now. we have had a few days to reach what will have to be a bipartisan agreement. at the end of the day it has to be a deal that supports republicans in the house, democrats and have the sick of president -- signature of president biden. the one policy we are following up on is there is a risk of miscalculation. you run up to the deadline and kind of coast in and get it over the line, but that is a recipe for miscalculation when you think it will take you a shorter period of time to round up the votes in the house and senate to get it done we would -- done. we would like to see them turn in their homework a little earlier this time. host: you have seen this happen before. how concerned

chamber of commerce website and you can also volo neil bradley on twitter at neil bradley d.c..appreciate the time. guest: thank you for having me. host: that will do it for us at this morning on the washington journal. 3:00 p.m. is when the senate comes in today. you can watch it on c-span and the c-span2. we will be back here tomorrow morning at 7:00 ame's earn. in -- eastern -- 7:00 a.m. eastern. and in the meantime, have a great morning. ♪ >> congress returns later today for legislative business and votes. e house gavels back in at noon eastern. lawmakerwi consider several police-related bills later today in observance ofatnal police week, including a resolio memorializing fallen polic officers killed in the line of duty. later this week, the house will also vote on lislation to allow immigran cvicted of assaulting law enforcement office tbe deported and another measure allowing del police officers to buy firearms after they're retired from official use. the senate is back iseion later today at 3:00 p.m. eastern. senateawmakers will continue debating more psident biden's jud

chamber of commerce policy officer neil bradley talks about the debt ceiling debate and recently launchedpaign calling on congress to reform legal immigration to help his this is meet their workforce needs. watch washington journal live at 7 a.m. eastern monday morning on c-span or c-span now. join the discussion with phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. >> congress returns monday for legislative bune and votes. the house gaveled back in at noon eastern. lawmakers llbserve police related bills ilung a resolution memorializing fallen police offerkilled in the line of duty. th will vote on legislation to allow immigrants convicted of assati law enforcement officers to be deported and another measure allowing federal police officers to buy firearms after they are retired from official use the senate is back in session at 3 p.m. eastern. it lawmakers will debate more of president biden's judicial nominations including bd garcia to serve as a judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals,oes nation second highest court. -- the nation's co-highest court. he would be the second latino

let's bring in our next guest neil bradley executive vice president and chief policy officer at the u.samber of commerce. good to see you again. with all of this uncertainty in washington how are your businesses coping? >> great to be with you again, there is nervousness. every time we come up on one of these x dates we go right up to the 11th hour. there is concern that a deal won't come together, that somehow for the first time in over 200 years the united states government would actually default. i think the level of concern is greater today than it was even in 2011, but we still remain optimistic that a deal will come together and will get enacted. it may be within a hair's breath of when we actually hit the x date. >> we are hearing that they are still far apart on issues especially when it comes to those spending cuts demanded by republicans. does it matter to businesses what sort of deal comes out of this, given a lot of the things that are on the chopping block at this point. what are your businesses telling you about what they want to see when it comes to a compromise? >> there

neil: thank you, my friend. have a good weekend. rick reichmuth following those developments. we have a special treat for you. doris goodman teaming up with bradleybe three-part series on a the history channel beginning memorial day looking back at the life and times of fdr. for my money it's what fdr did about money. he called a bank holiday in the middle of a depression. the world was pretty precarious. >> the empathy, the he multi- the resilience. all of those qualities that he had built in to his character. ♪ they need their lawn back fast and you need scotts turf builder rapid grass. it grows grass 2 times faster than just seed alone. giving you a stronger lawn. smell that freedom, eh? pick up a bag at lowe's today. feed your lawn. feed it. (vo) with verizon, you can now get a private 5g network. so you can do more than connect your business, you can make it even smarter. now ports can know where every piece of cargo is. and where it's going. (dock worker) right on time. (vo) robots can predict breakdowns and order their own replacement parts. (foreman) nice work. (vo) and retailers can get ahead of the fashion trend of the day with a new li