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nomia, tell us some of the reaction you have been seeing to the vote having passed? fix, to the vote having passed? huge sigh of relief, really, by those members of the republican party and democratic party who were somewhere in the middle and glad this has now past this hurdle before it gets to the senate. the numbers are really interesting. 71 republicans opposed the bill. some are not surprising. 46 democrats also voted against. again, some of those members were not surprising. but what is interesting, ultimately more democrats supported, 165, than republicans, 149. now the next big battle is the senate. find big battle is the senate. and what can we big battle is the senate. and what can we expect - big battle is the senate. and what can we expect in the senate, nomia? what can we expect in the senate, nomia? well, the democratic senate, nomia? well, the democratic party, - senate, nomia? well, the democratic party, chuck i democratic party, chuck schumer, th ....
We begin tonight with the debt ceiling showdown in washington where lawmakers voted to advance a bill which will advert a government default. remember, the clock is ticking, lawmakers are racing to approve the deal before thejune 5th deadline. that s when treasury secretary janet yellen has warned that the us would face a catastrophic default and fail to pay all of its bills. the house passed the bill just about an hour ago. and now it would need to pass the senate before heading to president biden s desk. the president released this statement. north america correspondent nomia iqbaljoins me from capitol hill. ....