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More than 50 opposing Democratic lawmakers changed their vote to a yes last minute to help get the bill through.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy released the full text of the agreement to raise the debt ceiling. NBC News' Julia Jester breaks down the six key sections of the deal.

In the room for these negotiations. it was a white house and house republican operation. nevertheless, if mccarthy manages to pass this bill through the house on wednesday, it goes to the senate with five days to spare before that june 5th ex day, alicia, that is about a number of days it can take to pass the bill through the senate. this could get very, very close to the deadline, unless there is unanimous consent, there's some republicans, most notably, senator mike lee, as well senator rand paul, who are known to object to that sort of thing when it comes to bipartisan budget deals, they ma...

Be a raw deal. having said that, it is clear to me the president did the best he could to negotiate mccarthy and the hostage takers. the republicans originally demanded the short term extension the debt limit, the president secured a two-year extension, taking it beyond the 2024 presidential election. >> now with the likelihood of speaker mccarthy getting all 218 members of his conference on board, there will need to be democratic support for this bill. we will look to see coalitions coming together in the coming days once these members finally get the text of that bill. yasmin? >> julia jeste...

They got a two-year deal here that takes us off the table until after the 2024 election, a two-year -- deal, everything reset to 2025. all these targets republicans are talking about, for spending, or nonbinding. that, of course, they protect the president's inflation reduction act, his student loan provisions, climate change when measures, a lot of demagogic and say, okay, compared to what we thought, a week or two ago, this is not a better deal. >> we're gonna help her from some of those democrats later in the show, julia, i've to ask you on the republican side, congressman jim jordan, of co...