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No way, that i can vote against my community in a district, a state i represent, 1.3 million borrowers, not to choose between paying their mortgage, pain there 1500 dollar student loan debt. the idea were creating president for the appropriations process. the way the lack of negotiation happen in this particular process is dangerous for appropriation process, we cant allow that to happen. -- the rules committee couldve gone for the vote as well. >> your, colleagues congress colleague congressman...

Can possibly get in an exercise that should never ever have happened. >> now that the debt ceiling drama sorted out, speaking as a member of the congressional black caucus, what are your goals for the remainder of this legislative session? >> we have lots of work to do. and we still have to go through the appropriations process, even though the process has been settled. we avoided a catastrophic default, but we still have to go and dive into the numbers. we need to make sure that we minimize the...

China is standing there watching, these are ruthless, cold-blooded leaders that dont care what we say. theyve watched us run tail between their legs from afghanistan, and allowing fentanyl to come into the country and kill 300 americans every day and we dont want to see words, we want to see actions. >> defense caps were a part of the debt limit deal that the senate just passed and you voted against. lindsey graham, as well, was pretty outspoken about the defense issue, really worried about our ...

Had a gun pointed at my head, now let me give you all of the thumbs up because thats how we did it, no. thats not right. thats not what is normal. it is not normal to put a gun to our heads over something like the debt ceiling. with the republicans did not want to do is go through the appropriations process, which let me remind everyone, they are in control. they have the majority in the house. but they never put forth a budget. and you laid it out as clear as day. this was simply about making s...

Emergency and other ways, but also through the regular appropriations process, which was always going to go forward. so thats— was always going to go forward. so thats what it said and when they— so thats what it said and when they came _ so thats what it said and when they came to me and asked me to do this, _ they came to me and asked me to do this, i— they came to me and asked me to do this, i said thats a good idea — do this, i said thats a good idea yes? _ do this, i said thats a go...

Easy part. passing a bunch of messaging bills is also an easy part. >> very easy, yeah. >> and yet, he struggled with both of those things. now, he does have a narrow majority, that sorted speaker pelosi the last time around. if mccarthy delivers this, it will take the biggest headache of his, you know, played for the next year and a half, and it sets up the appropriations process, chris. tees it up for that september 30th deadline. they know what they will be spending this year and next year, a...

Whos a very centrist member of the congress, shes not, like, waving a flag of victory around this deal. basically, it goes like this. there is a divided government, right? spending an appropriations, constitutionally originates in the house. its going to have to be. whatever the government spends this year is going to have to be the product of some sort of compromise between the republican-controlled house and democratic-controlled senate, and a white house. thats just the case and this is basic...

Hostage, meaning the american people and our economy, in order to get extreme physical restrictions that are not part of this negotiation but part of an appropriations process, which isjust ludicrous. im relieved that president biden was able to talk some reason into kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy saw the politics of this. and this is turning in a direction where he was going to be looking very much like the one who was going to take the american economy, especially with his members speaking the...

Waste of time. kevin mccarthy created a dynamic that was unnecessary, a false — a false crisis. a debt ceiling is about paying past bills. the idea that somehow, as one of his members said earlier in the week, that they were going to shoot the hostage, meaning the american people and our economy, in order to get extreme fiscal restrictions that are not part of this negotiation but part of an appropriations process, is just ludicrous. im relieved. im gladl that president biden was able to talk ...

We go through an appropriations process. we argue, that is where the majority in the house and the senate get to figure out -- >> legislate. >> legislate, right. and at the end of that process, we pass it through a budget, pass appropriations bills. and the debt ceiling is essentially about implementing what congress has a already passed. >> its paying for money already spent. >> and to somehow use that -- >> thats right. and i think at the end of the day, this is going to make it easier, hopefu...