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The meeting is expected to influence how the fight to raise the national debt limit unfolds as the White House and the new House GOP majority are at odds over how to resolve the issue.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy did not walk away from his highly anticipated White House meeting on Wednesday with an agreement in hand to address the debt limit, but signaled optimism

The US hit the debt ceiling set by Congress in January, forcing the Treasury Department to start taking extraordinary measures.

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are set to meet on Wednesday -- the first such gathering since the California Republican won the speakership after Republicans took over

The House of Representatives on Monday evening passed a much-discussed rules package, which was the subject of extensive negotiation between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) and the GOP holdouts who eventually helped to elevate him.

Speaker. that was a key part of the negotiations going forward. members on the far right had demanded that. this rules package also would make it harder to raise taxes, harder to raise spending as well, to demand some spending cuts if that were to happen. but there were other concessions that mccarthy made that were not part of this proposal that are also causing some concerns, giving members of that hard right freedom caucus more say in the legislative process as well as capping spending, domes...

Gosar and matt gaetz? >> i think one of the central challenges here is that, in kevin mccarthy speaker run, within the republican caucus, there was no number two. the republican caucus did not really have a full-throated race for speaker. there was no challenger in the last two months that has emerged. and i do believe that that is a central republican problem. whether mccarthy closes through or not, the core concern here is, who would ascend to that seat? i do not believe that kevin mccarthy ha...

Zicam. zinc that cold! happy new year, and if you have gotten the theme today, its that tomorrow is sort of like new years day for congress. msnbcs got you covered on this big fight over the speakership, whether mccarthy can do something about what tonight is being counted as a deficit in the votes he need. mitch mcconnell will also made history as the longest leader in senate ever. and hakeem jeffries will make history as the first black american to ever lead either party in congress. by impl...

Are coming from certain country. kevin mccarthy or whoever the new republican speaker ran on immigration in part, i will look forward for them to address some of this in the new year. >> so does kevin mccarthy as he tries to get 218 votes. steve scalise, one of his top lieutenants was asked whether mccarthy was stuck? >> i support kevin and i think there is still a lot of conversations that are going on. what you hear the most is people are frustrated of the way the house had been run and so wel...

To fix this, kevin mccarthy or whoever is the new republican speaker ran on immigration in part. i will look forward to them putting forward some proposals that hopefully can address some of this, mike, in the new year. >> mike: while the biden administration has its shares of headaches going into the new year so does kevin mccarthy as he tries to get to 2018 vote. steve scalise was asked whether mccarthy was stuck. lets play it. >> i support kevin and i think there is still a lot of conversatio...