resolution. the deal extends the funding deadlines to march 1st, and march 8th, and maintains the one point 59 trillion dollar top line from the fiscal responsibility act that raised the debt ceiling last spring. but, the far-right freedom caucus is already rebelling against this plan. i m comfortable with not fun in the government, if they re going continue to. might there be a temporary pause in nonessential government operations,. i ve said many times over, i certainly don t fear that happening. and instead of trying to keep the lights on, house republicans are pursuing a flurry of baseless impeachments. just this week, the homeland security committee voted to initiate impeachment proceedings against dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas, and republican state defense secretary lloyd austin, and attorney general merrick garland could be next. join me now in studio, in her delta red, democratic congresswoman yvette clarke of new york.
speaker mike johnson unveiled a top line spending agreement with majority leader chuck schumer. yesterday morning, however, he was met with a number of hard line conservatives who are pushing him to walk away from that deal. that deal obviously is a long-term investment in the country s funding deadlines. it s to ensure that there isn t a government shutdown and yet, despite reaching that agreement, mike johnson had those members in to have a conversation. now, johnson emerged after that meeting saying he d made no commitments to them. this just shows you that he s really in the middle of this fractious republican conference and in the middle of a fight. members are saying johnson has no other choice but to stick with the deal he cut. here s representative don bacon with me yesterday. the country s got to govern. we want stability. you know, the alternative is going to be a shutdown or, you
with you and get your analysis. thank you. congressional leaders announced a spending deal for government funding in 2024. president biden welcomed the news saying it is a s app toward averting a potential government shutdown later this month. it calls for 1 .6 trillion in spending with 900 billion going toward defense spending but it does not eliminate the threat of a shutdown altogether. lawmakers need to meet to upcoming funding deadlines to keep the government running and conservatives are still using the bills as leverage to impose tougher legislations. the pentagon says the u.s.
eliminate the threat of a shutdown altogether. lawmakers still need to meet two upcoming funding deadlines and approve bills to keep the government running. reporter: president joe biden appeared to sign off on congressional leader s new funding agreement sunday saying in a statement that it moves the country one step closer to preventing a government shutdown. but real questions remain whether lawmakers will be able to pass pieces of legislation before january 19th. this agreement was struck by mike johnson and chuck schumer. they agreed a $1.59 trillion spending level. $286billion for defense spending and $704 billion for non-defense spending. there is an additional $70 billion that could be allocated to non-defense spending that was part of a side deal struck by president biden and then
the steps that are going to be under way, and how encouraging however is this? look, fred, fredricka it is a first step, but significant step as manu laid out. this is a real key need to avert a government shutdown. i have been speaking to the lawmakers over the past months about this government funding process, and a number of the top appropriators have stressed that we can t do anything until we have a top line number agreement. it is very key to unlocking the rest of the negotiations, so today, with the house and the senate leaders coming out that they have a deal on the top line numbers, it is significant and now they can figure out the specifics within the 12 appropriations bill as the funding deadlines creep up, january 19th, the first, and february 2nd is the second. and as noted, several other wrinkles in the process, and particularly the border security, and the republicans took a trip to the border to kick off the new year, and some of them are saying they will not fund the