agreed to with majority leader chuck schumer, this rebellion is coming from house conservatives, with more than a dozen of them voting to bring down this procedural step to show their dissatisfaction with the deal that was cut from speaker johnson. now this is a playbook they have used before. it s also a playbook they used against kevin mccarthy right after he cut the debt ceiling deal back at the end of may. this is a sign that they are frustrated. i just finished beaking with bob good, the leader of the house freedom caucus who told reporters that they have two demands, they want, as part of the spending bill to include border security and they also want it to include further spending cuts. the deal that was announced sunday by speaker johnson, in a dear colleagues letter included the fact that the spending deal was $1.59 trillion with $886 billion in defense, $704 billion in nondefense benefit than $69 billion in
government shutdown. but real questions remain whether lawmakers will be a able to pass pieces of legislation before january 19th,s which that first deadline. this was struck by mike johnson and chuck schumer. the two men agreeing on a $1.59 trillion topline spending level that includes $886 billion for defense spending and $704 billion for non-defense spe spending. there s $70 billion that could be allocated that was part of a side deal struck by president biden and then kevin mccarthy last spring. these overall figureses tracked very closely to the agreement reached when they came to that debt limit deal last year. a deal that rangeled a lot of house republicans. already there s been opposition expressed to the latest deal struck by leaders. the house freedom caucus expressing frustration with the
eliminate the threat of a shutdown altogether. lawmakers still need to meet two upcoming funding deadlines and approve bills to keep the government running. reporter: president joe biden appeared to sign off on congressional leader s new funding agreement sunday saying in a statement that it moves the country one step closer to preventing a government shutdown. but real questions remain whether lawmakers will be able to pass pieces of legislation before january 19th. this agreement was struck by mike johnson and chuck schumer. they agreed a $1.59 trillion spending level. $286billion for defense spending and $704 billion for non-defense spending. there is an additional $70 billion that could be allocated to non-defense spending that was part of a side deal struck by president biden and then
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
trying to tout the president s legislative achievements will start to sink in a little more, but it s going to take some time. the voters want to rely on the economy and give president biden credit for it. thank you for your role in this this morning. we appreciate it. one thing that could affect the economy, a possible government squlount, and maybe good news. congressional leaders have apparently come up with a deal to avoiding the shutdown. house speaker mike johnson and senate majority leader chuck schumer anoupsed the deal yesterday, ahead of the two deadlines to keep the government running on january 19th. this would establish an overall spending level of $1.59 trillion in fiscal year 2024, reflecting the bipartisan deal struck last year by presidentid and then speaker kevin mccarthy. the breakdown s $886 billion for the military and $704 billion for nondefense spending