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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced an amendment to the debt ceiling agreement scrapping a provision to expedite the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

The US Debt Ceiling deal to raise it beyond 32 trillion by more than four trillion passed the US House last night by a large vote of 314 to 117 . Now

A handful of senators are angling to add amendments to the legislation that could slow the process.

At this point, i just dont care. i gotta put food in my kids mouth. you can call it the schumer or the pelosi or the trump shutdown, doesnt make any difference to me. just words. of course, the president doesnt appreciate the role of public policy in the lives of the american people. he was willing to put the government in a precarious situation when it came to his campaign promise. it was a calculated risk that didnt pay off. tough week to be donald trump. the defeat of his signature campaign p...

Eight-hundred-thousand federal workers have started the weekend without a paycheck. [man] just get together and get something done. at this point, i just dont care. i gotta put food in my kids mouth. you can call it the schumer or the pelosi or the trump shutdown, doesnt make any difference to me. just words. of course, the president doesnt appreciate the role of public policy in the lives of the american people. he was willing to put the government in a precarious situation when it came to his ...

Thats also been the position of the white house over the course of the last several days as negotiations were ongoing. their position when you talk to officials is not to meddle too much from their position at the white house. but, of course, significant calls today. president biden speaking with house speaker kevin mccarthy at 6:00 today. we know that call is now over. but they have only spoken a handful of times since these negotiations started. so it marked an important moment that they were ...

Jeffries and senate majority leader schumer. so all of those conversations have been happening over the course of the day as they race to agreement. we know the position of the white house. just yesterday a white house spokesperson said the white house is standing against this cruel and senseless tradeoff. this is something that is unlikely to sit well if included with house democrats had a over the course of the weak expressed frustration about it being included so thats top of mind for the whi...

Our supreme court decision. >> todd: what stood out to me, the democratic party is unhinged when it comes to wanting to control your private property and your private life, so much so, somebody like chuck schumer calls all nine maga, and you remember seeing -- schumer is off his rocker. we appreciate your time, thank you, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> todd: awkward moment for first lady jill biden when her applause line falls flat in washington. watch. >> ive visited red states, blue state...

If things get really bad, thats when senator mcconnell gets off the sidelines, cuts a deal with joe biden and schumer, and they send a bill over to the house and jam the house. >> let me play the mcconnell sound. he doesnt seem as worried. lets hear what mcconnell had to say. >> look, i think everybody needs to relax. the last ten times, the last ten times we raised the debt ceiling, there were things attached to it. this is not that unusual. >> regardless of what may be said about the talks on ...

Schumer and mcconnell did so in the senate. i think that mccarthy ought to be sitting down with jeffries and see if they cant find common ground in the house. mccarthy has 49%, and jeffries has 49%. i think theres a resolution to be found in the middle of this in the middle because we are evenly divided in the house and the senate. >> no doubt that that certainly is something that, you know, should be happening, at least conversations. do you think it took too long for the white house to reach o...