bipartisan cocktail of votes to pass. but there s bipartisan opposition. i m not sure what in the bill people are concerned about. it s the largest savings of 1.1 trillion we have ever had. number votes he might be. i haven t. necessary to do to make sure. you have been here a long time. any time there is an agreement with two parties, there s always two parties who vote for it at the end. minority leader hakeem jeffries say democrats will hold up their end of the bargain. we also are committed to making sure occurs that the house republicans keep their promise to produce at least 150 votes, period, full stop. that means at least 68 democrats must vote yes. but g.o.p. votes could be on thin ice. i think the no votes are going to increase as more people know more about this bill. there s going to be some very sore feelings around here. we voted for the speaker to make good deals not do what the democrats wanted. conservatives are seething at mccarthy. the
going to increase as more people know more about this bill. there s going to be some very sore feelings around here. we voted for the speaker to make good deals not do what the democrats wanted. conservatives are seething at mccarthy. there are 222 members of the republican congress. nobody in the republican congress could have done a worst job. how much confidence do you have in the speaker right now? none. zero. the house rules committee is now prepping the bill for the floor. it appears to have enough support to get out of committee for a wednesday night vote. mike? mike: chad, we will follow it. and we will have congressman patrick mchenry one of the key negotiators of this deal later in the show. thanks very much, chad. of course. mike: president biden appears to be slow walking his re-election campaign. it s been more than a month and the president has not yet held a kickoff rally or any public campaign events. white house correspondent peter doocy has the details
well, then i think the democrats are likely to seize that power that we know they will abuse. i think there s a reason that he campaigned in his basement in the last election. white house officials not ready to put anything on the schedule, yet. is president biden going to hold a campaign event ever? so, i will say this to you, peter, as you know. we follow the rule of law here. that is not going to certainly come from here. peter: we heard from biden world after that exchange. the president s allies are pointing out he has hosted fundraisers in support of the campaign and they see his approach right now more in line with former presidents clinton, bush and obama who had not hosted campaign style rallies by this point in reelects and still went on to win. we are hearing tonight president biden would be more active if he, like the republican that are all over iowa right now had a primary challenge going on which means that they re not really concerned about what that cnn poll
peter: even though white house officials know default would erase any progress they have made. officials on both parties are having hard discussions about supporting this debt deal they are approaching those talks with a soft touch. we have a short limit of time here. and, yet, the white house doesn t plan to propose changes to the bipartisan debt deal. we will fulfill our part when it gets to the president s desk. the president s re-election effort is already focused on the general and already wishing for a rematch. politico reports, quote: biden s campaign and the dnc have been preparing to launch broad sides against a slew of current and potential g.o.p. contenders driven by the fear that their job may be tougher if trump s name is not at the top of the republican ticket. non-trump republicans are comparing the invisible biden campaign to the covid biden campaign. if we allow biden to just sit in his basement again and not have to be held accountable,
among democrats. mike? mike: peter doocy live on the north lawn. peter, many thanks. uncertainty over the debt ceiling deal in congress has stocks mixed. the dow lost 51. the s&p 500 gained a fraction. nasdaq was up 42. florida governor ron desantis held his first campaign event since declaring his run for the presidency at the top of the hour in des moines, iowa. this comes as the republican frontrunner offers up the controversial proposal. senior national correspondent hitch edson is in west des moines tonight. as governor ron desantis arrives in iowa and prepares to kick off his campaign his chief rival said he would overall birthright citizenship. my policy will choke off a major incentive for continued illegal immigration. former president donald trump says he would instruct the federal government to deny citizenship to children born in the united states to parents in the country illegal.