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People that are able-bodied between 18 and 25. >> are you willing to drop that work requirement? >> hell,. no. >> not a chance. >> the white house is adamant releasing a statement, quote, house republicans are threatening to trigger an unprecedented recession and cause the american people over 8 million jobs, unless they can take food out of the mouths of hungry americans. now, if you are at a cookout or a soccer game this weekend, and you started asking folks if they support work requirements for receiving checks that are funded by the taxpayers, it might sound reasonable on surface, right? t...

Agreement, draft that agreement, sell it to the broader house, democratic and republican caucuses, get the votes, get it through vote chambers, and get it done by june 5th. that is not an easy task. behind closed doors there have been intense negotiations all day. one of the chief sticking point ss the republican demand to add work requirements as part of key social safety net programs, including food stamps. that's something republicans are demanding. republicans indicated that must be part of the final negotiation, including congressman garret graves told me earlier today that must be part o...

Place. the cliche you're going to hear a lot today, which is unfortunate because it is true, there is not a deal on anything until there is a deal on everything. all the pieces have to fit together and until that's true, anything can and still could happen. now, the hang-up that we're hearing quite a bit about late last night and which appears to continue to be a problem this morning is on the issue of work requirements. here is what louisiana congressman garrett graves, one of the key negotiators, said about that issue as he was leaving the capitol last night. >> put in jeopardy those very be...

It's crazy to me that we're even having this debate. >> are you willing to drop that work requirement? >> hell no, hell no, not a chance. >> how do you respond to that? will you respond to a deal that strengthens work requirements? >> that's exactly the type of reckless republican rhetoric that is driving our country toward a default for the first time in american history, and leaves many people conclude that what the extreme maga republicans want to do is crash the economy, trigger a recession. because they believe, as many of them have said, that it will be in their political benefit in 2024...

To get this deal done. finding that sweet spot is not easy. the bottom line is we can't afford not to. everybody recognizes the costs of defaulting and not paying our bills, to have healthcare costs to our country is unacceptable. what would it do to savings and the reputation and the world. defaulting and not paying our bills is not an option. >> neil: congressman fitzpatrick, on that, a sticking point is this work requirement for some receiving federal benefits. something that president biden had supported as a senator. he's not keen on it right now. that is integral for republicans. we're t...