but is it expected to pass? hi the very latest from capitol hill, all thingswashin hitchhiker s guide to washington, d.c. in the swamc., inp cad program is t us . chad, what s going o on ? we expect this to pass, don t we? yeah, sean , good evening.go in fact, we think that they re going to start this 3 mn vote here in the next two tout three minutes. they started this debate at seven , 17 eastern time. and we think thi the actuankl rl call vote is going to come any. minute here. so it s pending. dwe do o expect a bipartisanrs to vote coalition of democrats and gop . house speaker kevin mccarthy members to vote yes. house speaker kevin mccarthy made the closing argumen tt. he said don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. i could say i m going to vote no because there s something re summnot in the bill. if i took that philosophy, i would never vote yes . i simply read the bills in front of me and decide, is this good for the country? i would say that answerhat an is
i know kevin mccarthy well. i ve gotten to know him really well over the last seven years. one of the things about kevin and that he d be the first one to tell this to you, sean , he s been on your program many times, is that he does adapt. he does evolve. he does listen to his members. he will hear the concern they ve expressed to him and it will just fuel him even more . and i believe that what we are going to see and what i m saying here tonight is we need to breathe fire like a dragon when it comes this appropriations fight, this battle in september, how we fund the department of education, how we fund the department of defense, how we fund the department of homeland security and the department of justice. that will be the battle royale . so i get it. a lot of conservatives, my friends in the world, are not happy right now. let s go into this next fight and fight like we never have before. i only have 30 seconds. what would happen if they just held the line in their four point
action. because washington has not gotten the fiscal house in order. to me, this is vindication of the action. we passed a budget according to somebody from s&p to prevent it from happening in the first place. this puts pressure on the super committee of 12 lawmakers. the job is to find $1.5 trillion in cuts as part of the debt compromise, but ryan says it could be difficult to achieve if democrats are unwilling to address entitlement. i don t think they will find a full fix to republics because democrats never want to put the healthcare bill on the table. joe lieberman says he hopes the supercommittee will do what congress failed to do in the debt fight. take on the entitlement spending, 60% of the federal budget. if we don t deal with that, we can t balance the federal books. another battle in september is to avoid the government shutdown on october 1. none of the annual spending bill has been signed to law.
action. because washington has not gotten the fiscal house in order. to me, this is vindication of the action. we passed a budget according to somebody from s&p to prevent it from happening in the first place. this puts pressure on the super committee of 12 lawmakers. the job is to find $1.5 trillion in cuts as part of the debt compromise, but ryan says it could be difficult to achieve if democrats are unwilling to address entitlement. i don t think they will find a full fix to republics because democrats never want to put the healthcare bill on the table. joe lieberman says he hopes the supercommittee will do what congress failed to do in the debt fight. take on the entitlement spending, 60% of the federal budget. if we don t deal with that, we can t balance the federal books. another battle in september is to avoid the government shutdown on october 1. none of the annual spending bill has been signed to law.
done. and thank you, john harwood, and let me talk to luke russert. what is to follow now that this is done? well, what s next? well, they go on recess until early september, september 7th i believe, and go to their own districts and sell the recent plan to the constituents, and from there moving forward the main order of business is what john alluded to. obviously the free trade deals and folks on both sides of the aisle want to see it done and held up by what folks call minor issues that could be worked out. also, though, one last thing that we have is september 30th is the end of funding for the current fiscal year, so that i m told that there is not a threat of a government shutdown like last time, because within the debt compromise, there is funding levels set for what they have to hit for the budget. however, what was not set was what departments are going to be cut. so, you will see a battle in september between the republicans and the democrats in the house of how much mone