conversation. show me your budget, i ll show you mine. okay. the white house said it s not going to negotiate with house republicans on future spending cuts in exchange for raising the country s debt ceiling, which is all about paying for things that congress has already spent. mccarthy says he doesn t think biden would ever want to be quote, irresponsible and childish and not sit and negotiate but he still hasn t specified what he wants. the latest now from cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean on capitol hill. what more do we know about this meeting? how is it going to go? obviously it s all going great, anderson. you just laid it all out there. i think what is important to remember is to kind of zoom out and remember this is just the first meeting in what is going to be a very long and very drawn out process. what we re hearing from democrats and especially from the white house is exactly what you heard from president biden, which is what they keep saying, same with sen
republican senator now saying this. i think that this election was the funeral for the republican party as we know it. the republican party as we have known it is dead, and voters have made that clear. we need to have a conversation about our core convictions as a party, and clearly this party is going to have to actually it s going to have to be different or we re not going to be a majority party in this country. let s go now to cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean. what was the vote on kevin mccarthy s win? so that was 188 to 31. remember, he just needed a simple majority to get through to this phase, and he will need the full 218 in january, so those 31 votes he didn t get, it really shows you just how much work kevin mccarthy has to do between now and then. a member of the freedom caucus, andy biggs running against him. again, he is poised to be the speaker of the house should the republicans take control, but he is going to have to do some cobbling together to ge
have fallen behind on their utility bills. the amount they owe has doubles since the beginning of the pandemic. and winter is coming. fact, gas prices are 60% higher than when joe biden took office. he inherited energy independence from president trump but is now you are listening to house minority leader leader kevin mccarthy. and we re going to continue to monitor his remarks buchlt as you heard there, he is slamming democrats, slams president joe biden as a prebuttal before the president s prime-time address tonight on democracy. so, i m going to get analysis now from cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean, cnn white house correspondent phil mattingly, and our chief national affairs correspondent, jeff zeleny. all right. i want to go to you, jessica. you were in the room. what stood out to you with this speech so far? well, i think, pamela, you
less than the democrats original $3.5 trillion build back better pitch, president biden is calling this a success. adding that senate democrats put american families above special interests. now, the victory, all the more notable, because it had none, zero republican support. the bill now heads to the house of representatives and president biden could sign it into law as early as friday. let s begin with cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean. she s on capitol hill this morning. jessica, this is a wide-ranging bill. it is designed to reduce inflation. it has billions of dollars in climate and energy incentives. it tackles prescription drugs. break down for us what is in this multibillion dollar bill. reporter: yeah, it s a big one. as you mentioned, it comes after a true marathon over the weekend here on capitol hill for democratic senators who really pushed this over the finish
sinema remains a holdout. in a rare sit-down binterview, e get some insight on where she stands and where she won t commit to it. here s cnn congressional correspondent, lauren foxx. with president joe biden s bill in jeopardy, democrat senator kyrsten sinema won t commit to the bill. senator schumer says he wants to vote before christmas break. are you prepared to vote yes when that comes to the floor? i personally believe that the best way to create legislation is to be thoughtful and careful so that we re crafting legislation that truly represents the interests that we want to achieve and that creates a benefit and helps people all across arizona and the country. so that s what i m working on right now. it doesn t sound like you re quite a yes yet on the version that passed the house of representatives. what changes do you want to make? folks know i don t negotiate