Democrats are considering going it alone with a much more expansive and expensive bill. The latest on these negotiations. Good evening, bret. Tonights meeting is the first time that President Biden has invited them to the white house and all of them are republicans. Whether or not he is willing to compromise or not to earn their support is still very much. Go big or go bipartisan. Thats the question President Joe Biden faces as he attempts to pass his 1. 9 trillion stimulus package. The president calls for bipartisan support and 10 moderate republican senators responded to the roughly 600 billion plan of their own. Im going to do everything i can to encourage the president to do something that is much more targeted from the 1. 9 trillion package. He was one of the ten moderates to send a letter to him on sunday reminding him of the promise tomorrows going to be it looks like you are in the snow globe at the white house. Thank you. Down the street from the bipartisan meeting in the oval
far-right mccarthy speakership. and a group eyeing a third party presidential run in 2024. why some democrats are not happy about it, and the big question, do they even have a lane? and elizabeth holmes starts her 11 year prison sentence. her stunning fall from ceo superstardom as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the debt ceiling bill that will keep the nation out of the default is now on its way to the full house for a vote. president biden and speaker mccarthy agreed on the bill over the weekend, and just hours ago the rules committee voted to move it to the house floor despite fierce opposition from the far-right house freedom caucus. it has almost no cuts or reforms in place for it. no republican my focus is trying to persuade my colleagues what s wrong with the bill, why there s no reason to support, why it is bad for the country. this is a [bleep] sandwich. so again, i m so sorry for the langu
the biden mccarthy agreement passes its first test in congress as some of the far-right threats and mccarthy speakership. and the group eyeing a third party presidential run in 2024. why some democrats are not happy about it, and the big question, did they even have a lane? and elizabeth holmes starts her 11th year prison sentence. her stunning fall from ceo superstardom as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. the debt ceiling bill that will keep the nation out of the vault is now on its way to the full house for about. president biden and speaker mccarthy agreed on the bill over the weekend, and just hours ago the rules committee wrote to move it to the house floor despite fierce opposition from the far-right house freedom caucus. it is almost no qatar any before ms. place for it. no public interest vote for this bill and so my focus is trying to persuade my colleagues, with what s wrong with the bill and
anything, that is why i m so concerned. default must be taken off the table. i predict you will see things that you don t even believe, the level of corruption. the fbi moved quickly to investigate the allegations of connections of collusion between the trump campaign and russia and that they did so by ignoring a lot of evidence. i think the party has developed a culture of losing. governor desantis is the mos electable most conservative who can win the general election and govern effectively. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, may 16, 4:00 a.m. in washington where in the coming hours u.s. president biden will meet with top congressional leaders at the white house to once again try to increase an increase in the u.s. debt ceiling. a deal has to be reached by june 1 to avoid defaulting. but with the current stalemate americans are starting to get nervous. i get calls about the debt ceiling now more so than
c confirmed could happen as soon as june 1. manu raju has the latest. reporter: speaker kevin mccarthy has been pessimistic as talks have occurred on the staff level the past week to try to avoid the nation s first ever debt default. the white house has resisted calling for the national debt limit which is more than $31 trillion to be raised without any conditions whatsoever to avoid the prospects of the u.s. not being able to pay its bills. the house did pass a bill that included a host of priorities that democrats say is dead on arrival. so there is not much time left. in order to get a deal by that june 1 potential deadline to avoid the default, default could occur in the first couple weeks of june according to the treasury department or as soon as june 1. but he spoke to reporters on monday, and mccarthy made clear there is a long way to go. the way the president has ignored it for 100 days and he still hasn t taken it serious. reporter: even if they would to get a