but is it expected to pass? hi the very latest from capitol hill, all thingswashin hitchhiker s guide to washington, d.c. in the swamc., inp cad program is t us . chad, what s going o on ? we expect this to pass, don t we? yeah, sean , good evening.go in fact, we think that they re going to start this 3 mn vote here in the next two tout three minutes. they started this debate at seven , 17 eastern time. and we think thi the actuankl rl call vote is going to come any. minute here. so it s pending. dwe do o expect a bipartisanrs to vote coalition of democrats and gop . house speaker kevin mccarthy members to vote yes. house speaker kevin mccarthy made the closing argumen tt. he said don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. i could say i m going to vote no because there s something re summnot in the bill. if i took that philosophy, i would never vote yes . i simply read the bills in front of me and decide, is this good for the country? i would say that answerhat an is
you, from nbc news here in miami, welcome everyone to alex reid reports. we begin with breaking news, this just in an update from capitol hill, where negotiators from the white house and house republicans are working through the holiday weekend, inching closer to an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. it comes as after a news of some new breathing room, as the treasury secretary now says the deadline for default is june 5th. moments ago, house speaker kevin mccarthy, giving an update. but. i feel closer to an agreement now than i did before, because i see progress. so this is not easy initiating for me. that does not matter. at one pmi, i will talk with democratic congressman jasmine crockett about the negotiations, as well as renewed calls for police reform after an 11 year old boy is shot by an officer. more breaking news for you, in two hours, the texas house begins debating whether to impeach the states republican attorney general, ken paxton after a republican-led i
that is functioning and thisy fi feels like it s basically functioning. i also want to give a shout out to massie s thomas massie s be e part of this t that says that we might actually go back to regular order in doing o budgets, which i think even though it feels like procedural and not super , we do needder wn to get back to regular when it comes to budgeting. and i think itll could be a good sell to voters and a step toward fiscal sanity, which is what ultimately we want. all right. it s like so, by the way, is this a dumbch system? it s like soccer. just kee i can never understand. the clock ends and the game just keeps going on . until they decide, oh, let s just call the game now. and maybe let the doctor where they are on . why d exactly.on that s why i don t like soccer. i like football. real football. all right. so three , 12 .i stil i still think that a couple of hands. why are you more optimistic tha about this than me? and i m not being critical of kevin mccarthy. i jus
the negotiations and all of the you need to know and look, i sympathize with many of the freedom caucus members and the others, the fifty seven or so republicansre who want more . lot more .for what look at this is a step in a the right direction from what has been a completely fine fina financially irresponsible, unaccountable federal government, particularlyeo-govee the altar of covid that s been going on for over three years now. look, we ve done this together for years. you got sixty eight republicans went against this s a bill .r or that s a large number.y talk now, whether or not there was early talk when the bill first came out and the deal was announced, there is talk aboutea a motion to vacate. any one republican member could could start that against kevin mccarthy because that s something he should worry about. well, not right now. it passed, but i thinkfter he s always worried about that. i think that the passing might say, why don t you negotiate a harder bill ? they