bill on wednesday, five days before the government faces a potential default. according to the treasury department. here s speaker mccarthy sounding optimistic after his call with his party members. i think we re a lot more excited than depress thed, and i think once people read the bill, they ll if get more excited. jason: let s bring in congressman brian mast, republican from florida. congressman, thanks for joining us. you got the initial feedback just like we all did, you were on a call. i hope, with the speaker last night. what s your initial reaction to this debt ceiling agreementsome. yeah, i was on the call. initial reaction is this, and i m evaluating this for myself like all the other 24 the republican members 24 republican members is stopping hiring 87,000 more irs workers for one year versus an or the
congresswoman. china has spent the week courting african countries like the democratic republic of the congo for rare earth minerals. while bullying and its neighbors including taiwan. national security adviser robert o brien. and the republican presidential primary field gets bigger with florida governor ron desantis in south carolina senator tim scott officially in the race. former president trump has a commanding lead. what is a ground game to help the nominee win the general election. we will discuss it with rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel. it is all right here right now on sunday morning futures. we begin with the debt ceiling agreement in principle. house speaker kevin mccarthy says he expects a boat on the bill on wednesday, five days
consequential reforms that will lift people out of poverty into the workforce. rein in government overreach. no new government taxes, no new government programs. here is what we know is in the deal. all after the 2024 election. no increase in non-defense spending for the next fiscal year. it cap that 1% the following fiscal year. it also increases defense spending money for veterans. we are also learning it caused back some pandemic funds and cuts nearly $2 billion in money used to hire new irs agents. it reportedly expires but no work requirement changes for medicaid. the house republicans are expected to come back to washington on tuesday and vote on the bill on wednesday. take it up with congressman and
but his big lie has a holding state legislatures throughout the country. georgia republicans are sponsoring a bill that could create additional obstacles for voters when casting their ballots. the legislation would make it easier to disqualify votes through mass challenges and ban drop boxes. the georgia senate ethics committee approve the bill on wednesday. it came a day after nbc news revealed at least 92,000 voter registrations were challenged in that state just last year. you might remember, georgia was the epicenter of former president trump s fight to prove election fraud back in 2020, a claim which was never backed up or supported by any tangible evidence. but georgia is not alone. so far this year, state legislators across the united states have introduced 150 restrictive voting bills, a record breaking number. now joining me for more is helen butler, executive director of the georgia
republican house side, to make a difference. but it was a fight and we re still fighting for the right kind of representation of hispanics and african-americans and asians in the state of texas. so what i would say to you is, that it is hurting people. the filibuster is hurgt people. and i think your views should understand, what the filibuster means is, they could start debating this bill on wednesday. someone could stand up and say, i m going to filibuster. and they could leave and go to a sunny place in florida and sit there and never come back. and the filibuster is in place and it will stop the movement of legislation that is actually supporting democracy. and all we re asking for is that you have a rolling filibuster, a filibuster, a speaking filibuster, where you have to stay on the floor, or what i would prefer, a waiver that you waive it on constitutional issues and the right to vote is a constitutional issue.