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much. congress is one step closer to averting a government shutdown later this month. house speaker mike johnson and chuck schumer announced sunday they agreed to a $1.59 trillion top line budget for fiscal year 2024. but hiel they now have a deal on funding levels, lawmakers don't have much time to approve the funding bills that would avoid a shutdown. already johnson is facing pushback from house republicans who wanted steeper cuts. the freedom caucus is calling the agreement a, quote, total failure. let's bring in congressional reporter for the associated press, great to see you. let's start out with what is in this deal. what did they agree to? >> the majority of it we saw last summer when house speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden directly were negotiate ing on the hill to come up with a top line number. it continues with that, but it's
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and democrats really find as the middle ground. what this deal includes is $886 billion in defense spending, about $704 billion in non-defense spending with an agreement to also reprogram about $69 billion in non-defense spending. that also was part of the debt ceiling deal. in some ways, phil, this really puts mike johnson in the exact same position that former house speaker kevin mccarthy found himself in after that debt ceiling deal passed in june with the house conservatives really revolting against mccarthy. the question now becomes, how do conservatives react? already, they're saying this deal is worse than they thought, but many of those members are the same ones who would never vote for a spending deal to begin with. so right now the first spending deadline is coming up on january 19th. there's a second deadline for the rest of government funding on february 2nd. it looks promising that they have taken this step, but now
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inhospitable. a lot remains before these palestinians are, in fact, able to return to their homes. phil, poppy? >> jenny hanseler, thank you so much. now to capitol hill. this comes after house speaker mike johnson reached a spending deal with chuck schumer on top-line spending levels. it marks a critical first step towards averting a shutdown with just 11 days until the deadline, but the right flank is calling the deal, quote, total failure. lauren fox joins us. does this mean there won't be a shutdown. >>. >> reporter: it doesn't guarantee there won't be a shutdown, phil, but it sets both democrats and republicans on the right track to try and avoid one. in some ways the deal that was reached and announced yesterday looks a lot like the top line negotiation that was part of the debt ceiling deal that passed during the summer, and in part, that is no coincidence because it is the deal that republicans
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fights have played out over the past couple of years. the house freedom caucus is calling this deal a, quote, total failure. and they're not fooled, by the way, thatpeer johnson was advertising the cost breakdown, as i mentioned earlier. and chip roy also called the deal terrible, saying it gives away levera. but he didn't -- we'll wait and see if we can get any meaningful policy riders out of it. matt rosenle another republican congressman, is disappointed by the microscopic concessions made by democrats in this. but on the senate side, leader mcconnell said that he's encouraged that a deal was reached. the real question is, can speaker johnson keep the house freedom caucus in line and prevent them from blocking this legislation that's going to need bipartisan support? especially with the republicans razor-thin majority. >> that was nbc's e adjuster. thank you so much.
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