pea be the answer to deforestation in the rainforest? scientists say they ve found a way to eliminate the taste of peas so they can be used instead of soya beans in plant based products. but will consumers be convinced? but first in the us, a deal on the country s debt ceiling took a step closer last night clearing its first procedural hurdle, despite a revolt from hard line conservatives. tonight it goes to a vote a make or break vote on the deal. without agreement, the us would hit its borrowing limit on monday. that would mean defaulting on its $31.4 trillion dollars worth of debt. in turn, that would mean federal and military workers would stop being paid, and the economy could fall into chaos. jordan weissman, who is washington editor of the political newsletter semafor. thank you for being with us. last night, thank you for being with us. last night, that thank you for being with us. last night, that deal thank you for being with us. last night, that deal
Overall, that was one of the major concessions extracted by the house of freedom caucus and that committee was largely formed to attack the fbi, the justice department and essentially, grease the wheels for arguments that republicans anticipated trump would be making about how the federal bureaucracy and the justice department in reticular was weaponized in advance of all of these investigations, anticipating that we would be getting a slew of indictments landing this year. so you just mentioned we have been on indictment watch for the second federal indictment of donald trump. this one about january 6th and the 2020 election. the grand jury did not meet yesterday. there is a belief they will meet again tomorrow. should we glean anything from the fact
First glance. there is a hard line contingent in the house of representatives, they go by the house of freedom caucus, they want to do everything to stop the original party line bill that they wanted the moon, some would say in they have not been really willing to compromise. it looks like the majority of house republicans are going to go along with this bill. they are willing to take half of a loaf here because it should yield some substantial budget savings. and they are relatively happy with what speaker mccarthy has given them. but at the same time, yes, some of the hardliners have been denouncing this legislation as a betrayal and some have murmured a bit about trying to oust mccarthy although talk of that has down and tie down quickly. the main music is good markets are, expecting a deal will be done but we know the showdown has acid months for some there have been weeks of painstaking negotiations. that has
For six olivia, he wrote the suite about the infighting of the house of freedom caucus which is sometimes been the thorn in the leadership side. as the lack of unity there may be made republican leaders like kevin mccarthy a little bit safer in recent weeks? it s interesting watch the freedom caucus toward mccarthy think you south and your times times audio, the freedom caucus chairman perry and green, neither of them were deciding to leap on him which might have been a whole different world a couple of years ago. they were saying let s focus on unity this is also a group that knows when to strike and they decide this is not the time to start pushing for concessions. they were more powerful seats in congress. if they are having cracks at its doesn t mean mccarthy s going to be safe from some of their pushes for power when you see these dinner six hearings and evoke a center been a part of this is a sort republicans
Mcconnell is drawing up contingency plans to potentially keep the senate in session for the weekend if need be. quite the mental image that leader pelosi left the press with. sunlen serfaty, thank you. republicans are facing opposition on the bill from some within their own party, specifically the more significant wing, house of freedom caucus. joining me now, alabama congressman mo brooks. nice to have you on, sir. my pleasure. so we have it on record i read that you would be a yes vote for this bill. is that correct? that is correct. we heard from your chair, mark meadows, who said that the republicans don t have the votes yet in the house. do you think you re going to get those votes for this to pass? you don t need the votes right now to pass it. what you need the votes for is when we actually have it on the house floor. and i believe the time it gets