okay. we ve got to sit down at the table and cut this deal. what is it about the deal cutting that republicans in that caucus think what they want is going to change the game and bring democrats to the table? they don t think it s going to bring democrats to the table. they don t care. there s a lot of hard-liners in the republican conference and the house who aren t very interested in passing bills. they just want to be seen by their voters, by fox news, and by daily caller as people who are gumming up the works. there used to be, when you were in office and you talk to republicans at democrats, it was that government had to work a bit differently. now, you have a lot of folks and lots of strong voices in the republican party that think it shouldn t work at all. that is bad, right? so, that is what johnson is figuring out right now. he is 100-day 80 days. he is learning that, it s going to continue to learn that the hard way. mccarthy learned that the hard way.
does not mean that these two sides are anywhere near done. a big task of theirs is going to be once a deal is made, once it is in legislative text, is getting both sides to really whip up support, and eventually vote and pass this to be on president biden s desk before june 5th. now, we know that that is likely going to be a tough task for both sides of the part of the republicans and democrats, but specifically for democrats, who have signaled you re right, their uneasiness with the way the deal making is going, basically saying that they feel that they could be put in a bad position, heading into election year, next year, based on what this deal actually says, based on the deal cutting that the white house and the white house and the republicans eventually make. a chief issue, sticking point, that negotiators have come into contact with, has been this idea of work requirements. republicans want stricter work requirements, when it comes to recipients of food stamps, democrats obviousl
fresh off the grueling 15-round battle to back house speaker, kevin mccarthy is now facing his first big test in the new job. today house lawmakers will hold a major vote on the rules package. now, the package was at the heart of negotiations between mccarthy and republican hard-liners to secure the gavel. some gop moderates, they re already unhappy with some of the conce concessions. cnn s manu raju joins us now from capitol hill. so manu, he can afford to only lose just a few votes on anything. are they certain that this will pass? reporter: well, the house republican leaders are confident that they will get the votes to pass this, is what the number 3 republican tom emmer just told reporters. also the number 2 republican steve scalise told me that earlier today. even though there is consternation in the ranks about some of the deal cutting. among the concession that s are included in this package is to allow one single member to call for a vote to oust the sitting
1,000%. when asked about the deal cutting, he would not weigh in. what do you say to folks to win the speakership, mccarthy cut other side deals with the far right, causing concern in the ranks. we don t know what deals were made and that s something we should be transparent about. among them, capping domestic spending at 2022 levels. i understand the concerns on the right. about addressing those issues, but at the same time, a we ve got to compete with china and russia. and an unprecedented debt default. all as the gop is still picking up the pieces when it appeared mccarthy s speaker s bid was stalled, matt rogers lunged. can you explain what happened
i think in the first instance, people are going to want to see whether they are able to rally around another republican candidate within the house gop before thinking that democratic votes are even necessary. i think it s a bit premature. it would be hard to see republicans going for that and certainly a lot of democrats. i tell you what. if i m hakeem jeffries, if i could help deliver a speaker, what would he get for it? could he get a power sharing arrangement? could he control some committees? guarantees on certain legislation. it s not probable that this would happen, but if i m jeffreys, why not be the power broker. can i ask a question? if you were mccarthy and his people, just to be really machiavellian about it, is this not a good story to have out there right now. yes. that if you don t get on board here, we may see deal cutting and we could lose the whole thing. that s why when don bacon floated the whole idea, he floated the idea of maybe some