and then provide the support needed for passage. joining me now to discuss this is democratic congressman brad schneider of illinois. he voted in favor of the debt ceiling. congressman, it s great to see you again, thanks for coming back on the show. we will get into the specifics of it in a moment, but make the case for us of why you supported this bill. well, thank you for having me on tonight as well. the bottom line is, we avoided a catastrophic default that would have cost millions of jobs for small businesses, it would have devastated our economy and our role in the world. we never should have been in this place, republicans tried to hold the country and the economy hostage, but at the end of the day we got a compromise deal. we found common ground, we save the economy, we protected social security, medicare, medicaid, and we live to fight another day. as you are fully aware, some of your colleagues perhaps progressives voted against the bill, including your fellow
compromise deal, found common ground. we save the economy, protect social security, medicare, medicaid and we live to fight another day. as you are fully aware, some of your colleagues, perhaps progressives voted against the bill, including a fellow congresswoman delia ramirez of illinois, who called the concessions cool policies that will punish everyday people. you also describe that we should not have gotten into this position, i think a lot of people can agree, republicans did hold us hostage. but if they hold us hostage to get the concessions, does that not mean that they won? not at all. at the end of the, as president biden said, i never thought i would hear president biden quote mick jagger, but you don t always get what you want, but you get what you need. the bottom line is we protected social security, we protected it democratic priorities including the infrastructure investment jobs act, pact act, chips and science act as well as the inflation reduction act.
leadership. as the new york times puts it, the delivery of this deal was not pretty, in fact it was downright ugly. he managed to do so only with significant help from across the aisle, as democrats rescued him on a key procedural vote and then provide the support needed for passage. joining me now to discuss this is democratic congressman brad schneider of illinois. he voted in favor of the debt ceiling. congressman, it s great to see you again, thanks for coming back on the show. we will get into the specifics of it in a moment, but make the case for us of why you supported this bill. well, thank you for having me on tonight as well. the bottom line is, we avoided a catastrophic default that would have cost millions of jobs for small businesses, it would have devastated our economy and our role in the world. we never should have been in this place, republicans tried to hold the country and the economy hostage, but at the end of the day we got a compromise deal. we found common grou
watching the united states and around the world, i am laila harrak ahead on cnn newsroom. running for cover, on a florida beach during memorial day masturbating. one of the victims, a one year old child. a compromise deal has been reached, the bill has been, written but the u.s. debt limit drama is far from over. what a major hurdle needing to be cleared in the hours ahead. plus, a political showdown in texas the. republican-led house has impeached the states republican attorney general. well, now all eyes are on the lawmaker that will help decide his fate. his wife. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with leyla iraq. we begin in florida where a u.s. national holiday has ended in gun violence and bloodshed. at least nine people were wounded, including three children and hollywood beach as the country marked memorial day. police say shots were fired