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
democrats could you see how it could appear that it s politically motivated investigation? no. on their behalf? i could also see that multiple of those persons that we hired to work for us also worked in the u.s. attorney s office for a republican appointee from a republican president. so, no, i do not see that. now, jim, there s been a lot of that type of exchange. the way that it s been laid out on the texas house floor right now is there s time for opponents, there s time for pro poenents to make their arguments and then time to debate. so all of that is ongoing. and some republicans say kenthk kenth paxton threatened some house members. reporter: so far at least two house members have mentioned this on the open floor, that
be held accountable for bad policies. juanita, i want to play this exchange from the texas house floor. courts have pointed out over and over again, intentional discrimination against african americans, intentional discrimination against latinos, intentional discrimination against people of color, these are not my words. these are three federal courts across this country, making ten findings of that intentional discrimination. intentional discrimination against people of a certain race, is that racism? that is myth in ha those words, intentional discrimination, i think can be fairly characterized in that matter. we can talk about racial impacts of this legislation without accusing members of this body of being racist. okay, so juanita, the texas house speaker went so far as to ban the word racist from floor debate. does that tell us everything we
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