this to the republican party. especially the ultra conservative members, who have been making a lot of noise about it. his political reputation is potentially on the line, he needs to show he can make a deal but also satisfy the members of his party who are unsure about the deal. inaudible question. lots of lawmakers on the hill have lots of lawmakers on the hill have used this as an opportunity to give their opinions about which way they think opinions about which way they think the opinions about which way they think the deal should go. you have peeple think the deal should go. you have people like think the deal should go. wm. have people like emanuel cleaver who is a democrat, he said enough people on both sides don t want the default, so he is optimistic it will go through. he was asked by my colleague, what would you say to people watching around the world who are curious to know why is the debt ceiling becoming such a big issue in america? we know a country li
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denmark, for example, has a debt ceiling but we never talk about it because usually it s a formality, they raise it, they suspend it. he said, and i quote, this whole drama was stinky season and it wasn t a very good look for america. but he was confident that enough people on both sides would eventually agree that they don t want a default. the clock is ticking, monday is the big deadline for this to go through. deadline for this to go through- deadline for this to go throu~h. . , ., through. that s right, and we are seeing through. that s right, and we are seeing that through. that s right, and we are seeing that the through. that s right, and we are seeing that the vote - through. that s right, and we are seeing that the vote has. are seeing that the vote has just started on the house floor. we will watch closely to see where the numbers end up. tell us what we have been hearing from the white house and president biden. he has been fairly reserved in what he s been saying ab
president biden, saying it took him far too long to sit at the table and negotiate with kevin mccarthy. he gave credit to garret graves and patrick mchenry, the two negotiators. before we got that bit, there was this procedural point in all of this, which basically helped to advance it to the stage we are at now. i think what was interesting about that was that, usually, the minority party doesn t get involved in that bit. but the democrats did get involved and help the republicans to basically advanceit republicans to basically advance it to the stage where we are at now, where the debate is happening and the vote will happen. so that is quite unusual. and it probably suggests that this will happen again. because it s very likely the republicans, may be the democrats again in the house, we might say it again in the senate. if we see that and finally the bill gets to biden s desk and he signs it, we can say it truly is a bipartisan deal. interesting,
around $30 billion. welfare benefits will be tinkered with, there will be no major overhaul. funding to help the internal revenue service enforce the tax code on america s richest, new rules will make it easier for both fossil fuels and renewable energy projects to get licenses. and it really was that question, sophia, of work requirements that seems to be one of the biggest sticking points in the negotiations, and remains so if you see what some democrats who have said they are not voting for this, they pointed to that specific part of the deal to say, this is what makes us not be able to vote for this. vote for this. yeah, i think it s very vote for this. yeah, i think it s very intrinsic vote for this. yeah, i think it s very intrinsic to - vote for this. yeah, i think it s very intrinsic to who i vote for this. yeah, i think | it s very intrinsic to who the democrats are, the ones who are saving. democrats are, the ones who are saying. we democrats are, the ones who are sa