pass. it is a crucial day. we will see on capitol hill the house is set to vote on it after it narrowly cleared a major hurdle last night. mr. norman. mr. norman, no. mr. roy? mr. roy, no. two hard line republicans on the very powerful house rules committee tried but failed to block the deal from advancing to the floor. they are vowing to continue fighting fence it along with other members of the house freedom caucus. because joe biden was in a box. he was up against the ropes. and we should have held him there and gotten more for the american people than a spending freeze for $4 trillion. speaking mccarthy walking a tightrope this morning trying to rally support for that bill and facing growing dissent among far right republicans and that threat of being ousted from his job. time is running out for congress
rules. gop texas representative chip roy opposed the bill in the rules committee. he railed against the bill today. my beef is that you cut a deal that shouldn t have been cut. the fact is at best, we have a two-year spending freeze that is full of loop holes and gimmicks that would allow fending for the bureaucracy in order to achieve a $4 trillion increase by january 21, 2025. democrats may withhold their votes tonight until republicans cast their ballots first. democrats want to make sure the gop upholds its part of the garbage. the top negotiator has had it with conservatives blasting the bill and house speaker kevin mccarthy. neil: thanks, my friend. great coverage. keep getting your steps in. you ll have more to go tonight.
to borrow an additional $4 trillion to get absolutely nothing in return, but at best, if i m being really generous, a spending freeze for a couple years. that s. that s about what you get. and frank ly, you re going to make things worse ask my colleagues know it. that s why they are supporting it. that s why they are going around gleeful. there s a reason they support this. it s all the safe stuff. there s a reason that our conservative allies are opposing this. scoring against it. the heritage foundation, freedom works, scoring against it. ron desantis, publicly opposed, president trump said he thought
It is a relief that America’s debt ceiling impasse seems broken, but there is no reason for the world to be pushed to the edge, and perhaps it is time to think of ways of mitigating its risks
go down at all. they wanted a current spending freeze, so the white house had to concede to that point, so that was a big concession there. also may made the case they prevented work requirements as being part of the medicaid program. medicaid that s people with low income getting insurance. it appears they may agreed to new work requirements for other programs including food stamps and temporary assistance for needy family. it doesn t explicitly say that in the white house fact sheet but it seems to suggest that, so we re going to have dive deeper whether they conceded to republicans on that point. they argued they didn t agree, that was part of the republican bill to raise the debt ceiling that passed the house in april. they re saying that is not part of this bill, but also said the president protected the inflation reduction act. of course that was a signature law passed in last congress.