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The bipartisan agreement between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to waive the debt limit until after the 2024 elections will have a big impact on student loan borrowers.

You with us, it is 10:00 eastern. im ana cabrera reporting from new york, and a lot of news to cover this hour including a major house vote on the debt deal set to happen today, right now kevin mccarthy is trying to hold back a republican revolt. dozens of gop members have come out against this bill. progressive democrats arent happy either. the whip of the progressive caucus will join us live. and breaking 2024 news this morning, a familiar name is getting ready to enter the race, chris christi...

MCCAIG/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a critical deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling was announced over the weekend, lawmakers in Washington now face less than a week to pass the bill in both the House and

The debt ceiling fight has seen a sudden outbreak of reasonable Republican behavior.

For more on this, we are joined by democratic congressman greg cassar from texas, who serves as whip for the progressive caucus. we just learned that the chair of your caucus is a no on this bill. i know you were leaning no. where are you right now? how will you vote when the bill reaches the house floor? >> thank you, first of all, so much for having me on and i alongside the chair are not planning on voting for this deal, and let me tell you why because it isnt a deal. its a ransom payment. wi...

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) announced she would be voting against the bill on Wednesday, setting the stage for several other progressive lawmakers to fall in line behind her.

That said, this bill will pass tonight, they dont need progressive votes. i know they dont need progressive votes. i think its really important that kevin mccarthy show that he is the speaker of the house that can deliver at least two-thirds of his caucus votes. it is ridiculous, we already saw in the rule vote that republicans had to be bailed out by democrats. and now i think its important that he can show he can bring forward at least two-thirds of his caucus for these votes. democrats will s...

Are unhappy with it. people like bernie sanders werent no, no. >> are they unhappy they did it all. >> there arent any democrats unhappy with this. theres a mandatory acting process thats necessary here. it is very important for democrats to speak out against this because if they declare it to be the victory that it actually is, it can blur peoples understanding of what policies they care about. so, yes, there are democrats who very much opposed to some of the policies in this bill. but every on...

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