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The challenge, here now, for the white house, and also for speaker mccarthy is getting it over the finish line. while they are relieved, there is work ahead. because they need to get this through the house. and you just noted, michael, there are some hard-line republicans who are not going to accept this deal, it sounds like. at this point. because it does not have enough spending cuts, or because it is not what they thought it could be or should be. there will certainly be democrats, members of...

Budget committee, senator whitehouse. there were statements from the congressional progressive caucus. congresswoman paul, there were statements from the congressional black caucus. from the chairman, stephen horror per. all those members and more, we are not seeing a lot of statements from the progressives on the democratic side. i think that underscores this point. they want to see what is in the deal text. look, the reality is, frankly, if you want objectively look at this, i think democrats ...

Which was not something the president wanted to see me on the other hand. his team secured exemptions for the entire population. from the 18 to the whole 55 h spectrum for veterans. for people who are housing and secure. for people whove been in the foster care system. those are new protections that will actually provide greater access to many americans. >> even though you have a deal, which was a herculean task to get done, and now its about getting it through. the chair the progressive caucus ...

I think they are really problematic in terms of being able to make a decision. its fine to say we have reached an agreement. but all of the text matters. there are so many pieces of this that we need to look at in terms of what the spending is exactly like. >> do they have to worry about the progressive caucus and whether or not your caucus will support -- >> yes. >> thank you so much. >> they have to worry. >> you listen to what the congresswoman said there, more than 100 members in that progre...

That even though he had said that he wasnt really going to negotiate when it came to the debt ceiling weeks and months ago, obviously this did end up becoming a marathon session of negotiations, with a compromise, he, said means not everybody can get what they want, and that both sides had to make concessions here. so you are going to see both sides come out saying that they fought hard to protect some of the presidents priorities, for instance, nothing is being changed medicaid. that was very i...

Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal aired her grievances Sunday over the agreement reached between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the White House, saying she was disappointed President Biden allowed changes to government benefits like food stamps.

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Spending. it increases defense spending. as new work requirements for some government programs, and parents back irs funding. >> you fully fund the veterans, you fully fund the feds, but you take that non-defense spending all the way back to the 2022 levels. now you get work requirements for where the democrats they say is a red line. >> the bag continues on both sides of for why there it could pass the. house republican members are already expressing frustration on social media. theyre calling ...

Text before i agreed to do anything. so >> the major red line for many in the progressive caucus, as you mentioned, where the worker requirements. we heard speaker mccarthy saying a little earlier that 95% of his caucus was incredibly happy about this bill. what was decided. nonetheless, it is likely hes going to need some democratic votes on his side to get this thing over the finish line in the house. are you and others going to be urging your democratic caucus to get on board in voting in fav...

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