Did you say am i hope . In my humble opinion. Do you pronounce it lol or lol . I say in my humble opinion, or i laugh out loud, but i appreciate the text shorthand. In my honest opinion. I will be sure to take it up with senator tim kaine. He watches this vote on the house floor, thank you, buddy. And that is it your home for joining us this evening. Right now, we are, as i just said, to chris hayes, watching the house of, where any moment, the bill to avoid catastrophic default is about to face the vote on the house floor. The dynamic here, what you will see unfold tonight, the dynamic, that dynamic, was set earlier today, when democrats had to bail out republicans on a procedural vote that republicans claim they could pass on their very own. Prior to that vote, politico reported, when asked if the gop would need democratic help to pass this procedural measure, majority whip, tom emmer, said, republicans are the ones who are running this place and republicans will pass the bills, and
did you say am i hope? in my humble opinion. do you pronounce it lol or lol? i say in my humble opinion, or i laugh out loud, but i appreciate the text shorthand. in my honest opinion. i will be sure to take it up with senator tim kaine. he watches this vote on the house floor, thank you, buddy. and that is it your home for joining us this evening. right now, we are, as i just said, to chris hayes, watching the house of, where any moment, the bill to avoid catastrophic default is about to face the vote on the house floor. the dynamic here, what you will see unfold tonight, the dynamic, that dynamic, was set earlier today, when democrats had to bail out republicans on a procedural vote that republicans claim they could pass on their very own. prior to that vote, politico reported, when asked if the gop would need democratic help to pass this procedural measure, majority whip, tom emmer, said, republicans are the ones who are running this place and republicans will
all right, good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we are watching right now debate wrap up at this hour, as the house gets ready to vote on the crucial debt ceiling deal. that s the speaker of the house speaking right there. earlier today, the republican proposal passed a key procedural vote, but it only passed with the help from democrats. it did not have the votes to pass it on their own, after 29 republicans defected. as of now, the bill is being discussed on the floor. it s expected to pass within the hour, despite that fairly significant republican opposition. this debt ceiling vote has been a crucial task for house republicans. for the moment, they took control in january, the big question was how the maga caucus, the majority of whom, let s remember, voted for trump s coup on january 6th, after the sacking of the capital, how are those folks going to actually govern? empowered with one of the two houses of congress. one half of one third of the federal governme
votes, that would be a massive underperformance for kevin mccarthy. his job might even be in danger. but if they do deliver that 150 or more, i think mccarthy is going to be fine. image some of the hard right republicans, who have previously driven his job, trying to prevent him from getting get the gavel in the first place, were very queasy last night, were very mom last night when i asked him, do you think mccarthy lose should lose their job over this? a number of them told-ing no, i m voting no, but mccarthy should say. they ve all got podcast hosts and newsmax fill in host gigs that they have to get to. they don t have time to get rid of him and do. sahil kapur, thank you so much for your reporting. i appreciate it. thanks, chris. they are not going to get rid of mccarthy. you think they want that job? that is all in on this wednesday night. up next, democratic leader, hakeem jeffries, joins alex wagner tonight, which starts right now. good evening, alex. we have hakeem j