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Texas congresswoman, sheila jackson lee. shes the voice chair of the progressive caucus. what about eva mcken was just saying a few moments ago, congresswoman. is there some grumbling among progressives and should the president worry that he might not have enough democrats to support to debt ceiling deal? >> well, i serve on the budget committee, as well, and i think the first wrong direction was the narrative that speaker mccarthy and his team tried to make early this morning, that they were th...

Are things you could probably predict in any divided government situation where the white house is controlled by democrats and the house is cold by republicans. >> president biden seems to think the bill is in good shape, as do house minority leader jefferies, but today progressive chair was not as confident. listen to what she had to say. >> i dont like frameworks. i think they are really problematic in terms of being able to make a decision. its fine to say weve reached an agreement in princip...

You say, okay, were going into a deal, one side will get half, the other side half. republicans will put their half this way, democrats will pull their half that way. there is nothing that will be more liberal or more progressive than it is today. its a remarkable conservative accomplishment. >> are you going to need democratic votes to get it passed in the house? >> there will be some democrats who voltte for this. >> but will you need them? >> i think its plausible we could get 218, though its...

This, exactly what the language says, the text that the bill hasnt been released yet. there are some things that democrats are mad about in the steel, and, you know, you heard democrats already this morning saying, we didnt advance in a democratic priorities in this republican picked up ground in certain areas and all were getting as to avoid economic collapse. its not as though the democrats advance some agenda here. theyre just avoiding catastrophe. and that regard, some democrats feel that th...

Group of hard right members, but certainly, this is not good for kevin mccarthy. but what weve seen is the leadership on both sides. so both kevin mccarthy and hakeem jeffries really spend the day trying to spin this in a positive light for each representative side. >> and theres some grumbling among democrats. >> there certainly is. that was the first text i got this morning, from a chief of staff of a prominent progressives, saying that there is a lot of anger and disappointment that the kegs ...

Them are really upset about the work requirements that are in this bill. the biden administrations red line wise they did not want medicaid eligibility touched. they got their wish there. for a lot of the house members and democrats, that is not enough. representative paul, a progressive, said this morning that, yes, the biden administration does have to worry about the progressive caucus when it comes to passing this bill. they are not thrilled about some of the changes to the food assistance r...

A potential debt ceiling deal reached between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy has faced criticism from key Democrats, including those crucial to finalizing the agreement.

>> let me ask you a more specific question, congressman, as you tout the value of this being extended for two years, is that enough for you to hold your nose and vote for something that i am going to suspect you would not ordinarily have supported, like the increase in work requirements for some of the social safety net programs. >> before a lot of us decided were going to vote for whoever we will see the language text. were encouraged. there are some concerns. look, the snap benefit requirement...

Dollars in new funding for the irs. to keep wealthy tax cheaters in check. on a major sticking point, work requirements for those who received federal aid, the age will be raised from 45 to 54 years old, with exceptions for almost people and for veterans. the question becomes, are the votes there to get this deal done? heres republican dusty johnson, who will propublica negotiated that deal, and pramila jayapal, operative democrat on the tentative agreement. >> there will be freedom caucus peopl...

His pitch to make the rest of the country Florida boils down to a power grab.