you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we re keeping a close eye on two developing stories this hour. in texas, the state s attorney general is facing an impeachment vote. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. the conservative republican says it is illegal and being pushed by corrupt politicians. in washington, meantime, house speaker kevin mccarthy says progress is being made in talks to avoid the nation s first-ever debt default. a short time ago a source familiar with the intense discussions says it is now down to one final sticking point between the white house and republican leaders. the issue at issue at this hour is work requirements for social safety net programs. let s begin our coverage of the debt talks. manu raju is up on capitol hill for us. manu, just being told it s down to one issue is cold comfort. that could be the one thing that drags this thing out. what are you learning about the state of the negotiations at this
mcconnell of texas or the mitt romney of texas, one of those sorts of insults previously and former president trump had promised previously on another issue to try to find a primary challenger to go against dave phelan in his primary. that never happened. no one even filed against him so i don t think there are a lot of republicans in the texas house who are necessarily worried about what former president trump thinks on this issue and a whole lot of other issues. earlier we heard from representative charlie green who said paxton was threatening house members with, quote, political consequences in the next election if they don t side with him. i know you ve been satisfying t saying that you ve picked up on some of that in your reporting, but it sounds like that s not having much of an effect either. why is ken paxton so unpopular that he s facing this kind of impeachment vote when he s the attorney general in the state of texas? one would think presumably that position is such a po