And this week on Face the Nation: The fall campaign season heats up. Politics enters a disaster zone. President Biden spent part of his Labor Day weekend touring damage left behind by Hurricane Idalia in Florida, notably absent, potential rival and the current Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis.ROBERT COSTA: With four months to go until the first primary contest, we will take a closer look at the state of the presidential race.
Then: As President Biden gets ready to travel to Asia for a meeting with world leaders this week, we will hear from Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, who just got back from her trip to Beijing. What did she accomplish amid growing tensions between the U.S. and China?Good morning, and welcome to Face the Nation. Margaret is off today.
Ambassador, you said this in recent days. The Senate is -- quote --"the most privileged nursing home in the country" and McConnell needs to -- quote --"know when to leave."NIKKI HALEY: Bob, I am completely for term limits. I'm completely for mental competency tests for anyone over the age of 75. And I'm not saying that to be disrespectful.
ROBERT COSTA: So, just to be clear, when Republican senators come back to Washington, should they have a leadership shakeup on the table? And should they talk about potentially having somebody else come in as the leader in the Senate? We have too many issues on the table that need to be dealt with. We can't continue to have these people who think they know better than the American people. The American people are saying it is time to go. If they would approve term limits, the American people would show that.
NIKKI HALEY: I think there should be mental competency tests. And I don't care if they're for everybody 50 and older. I don't care if they're for the entire Congress. So, as we go into this, I have said that Biden has spent already $5 trillion in his term, but Republicans have spent too. We've watched them open up earmarks for the first time in 10 years. We've watched the 2024 appropriations bill has $7.4 billion in earmarks. Democrats have $2.8 billion in earmarks.
What I'm saying is, Congress needs to do their job. Balance a budget. I have said I will veto any spending bill that doesn't take us back to pre- COVID levels. The only group that talks about closing down the government or playing these games are members of Congress.
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