we didn t to it by taking the easy way. right now on early start, can the senate now fast track the debt limit bill just days before the default deadline. plus the former president on tape talking about a document he kept. and the republican race for president heating up with mike pence and chris christie about to jump in. who is next. welcome to our viewers in the united states and arntround the. i m christine romans pl the bill is in the hands of the senate. yeas are 314, nays are 117. the bill is passed. last night the house overwhelming passed a bipartisan agreement cutting spending and suspending the debt ceiling through next year. speaker kevin mccarthy took a victory lap after the house passed the deal. i wanted to do something no other congress has done. that we would literally turn the ship. for the first time in quite some time, we d spend less than we spent the year before. tonight we all made history. because this is the biggest cut and savings this
communist party is in control of so much of the economy in china. it is not like doing business really in the united states. so it is a delicate dance for many of these ceos. michelle, thank you so much. game one of the nba finals tips off tonight in denver. andy scholes has the bleacher report. yeah, so the denver nuggets are well rested for their first nba finals. they haven t played in nine days. while the heat haven t had much rest at all after beating the celtics on monday. miami also going to have to deal with the altitude in denver where the nuggets haven t lost a playoff game yet this year. nuggets one seed, heat the second eight seed to ever make it to the finals. denver 4:1 favorites to win it all. but jonikola jokic is not takin the heat team lightly. this will be the hardest game of our lives. we are prepared to for that.
playoff goal be the game winner in ot. game two, blues beating the bruins 3-2, st. louis s first win in the finals. series tied with game three on saturday in st. louis. game one of the nba finals tips off tonight, the golden state warriors are going for the third consecutive title and a fourth in five years. standing in their way, the toronto raptors, playing in the finals for the first time with games one and two in toronto, it s a near certainty that raptors super fan drake will be there. do not expect courtside antics for him. the commissioner spoke with drake about toning down his act. bad news for coach nick nurse who will not be getting any back rubs, we suspect. you got to mic drake up and let drake be drake.
andy scholes, our trash talk senior correspondent, has more in the bleacher report. good morning, andy. good morning, guys. you know, after taking down the thunder in the western conference finals, tim duncan said the spurs wanted the heat in the finals, and this time, they are going to win. well, two-time defending champions heard those comments loud and clear, and lebron says the heat are ready for the rematch. they don t like us. they don t. i can sense it from timmy s comments over the last couple days. they wanted this. they wanted us. and you know, we ll be ready for the challenge. the nba finals tips off on thursday night with game one in san antonio. all right, the yankee stadium triple crown hopeful california chrome s jockey threw out the first pitch last night. not bad. probably about 100 times better than 50 cent. belmont stakes are this saturday. here s something you never see. derek jeter s going after a foul ball, or at least what he thinks is a foul ball. he