but is it expected to pass? hi the very latest from capitol hill, all thingswashin hitchhiker s guide to washington, d.c. in the swamc., inp cad program is t us . chad, what s going o on ? we expect this to pass, don t we? yeah, sean , good evening.go in fact, we think that they re going to start this 3 mn vote here in the next two tout three minutes. they started this debate at seven , 17 eastern time. and we think thi the actuankl rl call vote is going to come any. minute here. so it s pending. dwe do o expect a bipartisanrs to vote coalition of democrats and gop . house speaker kevin mccarthy members to vote yes. house speaker kevin mccarthy made the closing argumen tt. he said don t let the perfect be the enemy of the good. i could say i m going to vote no because there s something re summnot in the bill. if i took that philosophy, i would never vote yes . i simply read the bills in front of me and decide, is this good for the country? i would say that answerhat an is
who didn t get a darn thing they wanted. they didn t get the new tax cut. new regulation s. they didn t get an expansion. the administrative state, they wanted to gut defensespendg spending behind the scenes to nondiscretionary levels. that is a disgrace. and apprnt our men and women in uniform and everybody, all oftow us who love them and appreciatee them. low right afteokr memorial day. that is the republicans inake se the house who made sure that ge$ you got eight hundred and eighty six billion dollars mefor our men and women in military. that matters. all right. mary catherine. three hundred. yes. one hundred and ten . no, we lost. kevin lost sixty eight republicans hasndren one hundred and forty two one pi his side. what are the political implications for him? possible y?? people wh well, look, obviously, there are going to be people who are upset about this aftercover the fact. but, you know, who does like compromise even it doesn t feel good to me is a lot off americ american
have twenty eight billion dollars more in defense spending than we did a yeae theo . and at eight hundred and eighty six billion dollars for defense spending. s th that is the largest defense budget in us history. that is the largest defensdefene budget in the world right now. they claim we re clawing back some of the billions covido maybe not everything we want to , but i think it s a start . i think two things aret pl happeninacg here. d women number one , the world s a dangerous place and our men and women in uniform deserve to be deeply respected and made a point about not keeping up with inflation. yeah, i understand. i m looking at these and we understand. i do. i get that. i thiry and i thin ek it sasy to very ey to to say what s missing. what i see in front of me is the best we re going to get with joe biden in the white house. he s kind of absent from these negotiations right now. this this augurs for why we need a republican back inther i the white house to get a much bett