break of the logjam. leadership is pretty much all in lockstep with the president, at least publically they appear to be taking president biden s lead in terms of holding firm on this idea that the only thing they will agree to is a clean debt ceiling package. listen to what hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader in the house, told us earlier today. house democrats worked with former president trump three times to make sure we avoided a default and raised the debt ceiling. without partisanship, without showmanship, without gainsmanship. that s what the extreme maga republicans should be doing right now. president biden has produced a budget, house republicans produced a ransom note. reporter: i was in the press conference with the leader. he said the same version of what you heard about five different times to the various questions he was asked about. he is remarkably on message.
The House narrowly passed Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) debt ceiling bill on Wednesday, handing the Republican leader a key legislative win and setting the stage for him to restart negotiations with the White House before risking a default on the country’s loans.
and his team have real work still to do to lock in support from their own team on this. cnn s lauren fox is tracking all this have for us from capitol hill, she s joining me now. lauren, the word is that they re trying to push for a vote on this bill as soon as tomorrow, but what s going on behind the scenes? yeah, there s still work to do, kate, that s the bottom line and this is such an important moment for republican leaders because they have to prove that their party is united behind this legislation. if they re going to get back to the negotiating table with the white house. so this week is going to be crucial for house republicans. a couple of things to lay out behind the scenes. they are really dealing with two separate factions that they are trying to get on board with this legislation, one of them is a group of lawmakers from the midwest, from places like iowa, because of a repeal of some ethanol subsidies that are included in this debt ceiling package. they are also working
campaign trail but thanks for sharing with us this morning. thank you, shannon. this make you hurt house speaker kevin mccarthy is working on rounding up the republican votes needed to pass the debt ceiling package he has proposed. includes a roster conservative priorities to cut spending. cap next, lost democratic congresswoman debbie dingell about calls for the president to quit stalling and get to the negotiatin
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