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I dont know if schumer will or not. i want to commend house republicans. they have demonstrated bold leadership. they brought the conference together. lots of different factions. the house came together, house conservatives played an active role in drafting this bill and this bill takes a major step to reining in spending. it takes major steps to reining in the regulation killing jobs across this country. it takes major steps to getting people back to work. this bill is an exercise in being resp...

And then, that is where the negotiations start. the sensible people in the senate will be sitting down with the white house, they will hammer out something and just like the mcconnell and schumer did before, who come up with something that makes sense for the american people. makes sense for this white house and i believe that is when we will see the real negotiation. this thing that mcarthur did, he knows its a, joke they just did something to get it out of the house and he stepped out of the n...

Population. how are democrats on the hill responding? >> good morning, katie. democrats are saying this is dead on arrival. not a single democrat voted for this bill in the house. senate majority leader, schumer, says this bill is not going anywhere except for the graveyard in the senate. when you talk about those social safety net programs, the snap benefits, food stamps, thats all part of changes that kevin mccarthy, the speaker, made to work requirements to get to that four and a half trillio...

The sensible people in the senate will be sitting down, with the white house, theyll hammer out something. and just like the mcconnell and schumer did before, theyll come up with something that makes sense for the american people, makes sense for this white house. and i believe, thats when well see the real negotiation. this thing -- he knows thats a joke. they just did something to get it out of the house and he stepped out of the negotiations along with it. >> so, that was congressman clyburn,...

The white house is getting closer to a showdown with republicans on capitol hill, speaker mccarthy scored his first big legislative win yesterday with the house narrowly passing a bill that raises the debt ceiling and includes some big spending cuts. it passed mostly along party lines with four republicans actually breaking ranks. the senate democrats and president biden say the cuts make this bill a complete nonstarter they want to raise the debt ceiling with no strings attached for whats next,...

The 51-47 vote included support from two Republicans — Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Maine Sen. Susan Collins — well short of the 10 GOP votes needed.

Usually gets rolled up in one big omnibus bill. >> could this lead to my recollection of the whole fight over him being elected speaker is that the resolution was that a single member could call for his ouster? you correct me if im wrong. could this lead to that? could you or one of your colleagues conceptually be calling for his ouster because of this impasse? >> no one is looking to lower the sword of dam achilles quite yet, michael. right now were working to get a responsible, fiscal policy s...

In keeping with our Commitment to America, U.S. House Republicans recently passed H.R 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, which garnered bipartisan support. Designating the Lower Energy Costs Act as H.R. 1 signals that House Republicans’ number one priority is reducing the cost of gasoline and energy for American families.

He can lose -- he, speaker mccarthy, can lose 4. right now, how many holdouts are there, yourself included? >> twice that. so i do not expect that there will be a vote as planned tomorrow on the mccarthy debt limit increase. i think there are still a few details we have to work out on work requirements, on some of the green new deal tax credits that we would like to see repealed. theres some disagreement in our conference about that. and if were able to get that done, i dont think it will be tom...

Savagery to the american family and the american economy will be severe. >> the caucus is 222. you know the. matt he can lose. he, speaker mccarthy can lose four. right, now how many holdouts are there? yourself included? >> twice that. so i do not expect that there will be a vote as planned for tomorrow on the mccarthy debt limit increase. i think that there still a few details we have to work out on work requirements on on some of the green new deal tax credits that we would like to see repeal...