that enough would vote yes, but are they sure? house democrats are going to make sure that the country does not default. period. full stop. this caucus will remain unified with the president and most importantly with the american people in this fight. house democrats stand poised to help, stand poised to be the adults in the room, and we will ensure that we put this crisis behind us. we have two house lawmakers starting us off today. a republican in mccarthy s inner circle and a democrat who voted no on the deal in the rules committee last night, and that right there is where we begin. joining me now is pennsylvania democratic congresswoman and members of the rules committee, mary guy scanlan, thank you for being with us. you voted no in the rules committee, will you vote yes later tonight? certainly that s the function of the rules committee is to bring the bills to the floor, and it s the republicans job to bring the bill to the floor. this is mccarthy s deal, mc
a third republican, congressman paul gosar of arizona, has joined the effort to oust mike johnson after the house voted to move forward with u.s. aid to ukraine and israel. the rules committee vote excuse me, the vote was 316-94, with more democrats than republicans voting to move forward. democrats also helped get the measure out of the rules committee last night. a bipartisan action that is infuriating the speaker s maga republican critics. a final vote is expected tomorrow. the speaker was asked before the vote whether he was worried about keeping his job. is it time to call the bluff and put the motion to vacate on the floor? we will see what happens. i m going to do my job. i m not deterred by threats. we will do the right thing.
later tonight? certainly that s the function of the rules committee is to bring the bills to the floor, and it s the republicans job to bring the bill to the floor. this is mccarthy s deal, mccarthy has the obligation to put it together, put together his caucus to bring it to the floor, so that is the next step. we had the rules committee last night. we ll have the rules vote probably within the next hour, and then it s on to the actual up or down vote on the bill. so it sounds like what you re saying to me is that you are going to wait to see who mccarthy produces, whether he produces 150 republican votes before you make your decision? i think that s the big question right now. the first step is does he have the votes to get his package to the floor. so how will you vote depending on that? well, i think there s going to be an awful lot of waiting and seeing. you know, obviously house democrats were not part of this conversation. we certainly have some strong opinions. i m g
that enough would vote yes, but are they sure? house democrats are going to make sure that the country does not default. period. full stop. this caucus will remain unified with the president and most importantly with the american people in this fight. house democrats stand poised to help, stand poised to be the adults in the room, and we will ensure that we put this crisis behind us. we have two house lawmakers starting us off today. a republican in mccarthy s inner circle and a democrat who voted no on the deal in the rules committee last night, and that right there is where we begin. joining me now is pennsylvania democratic congresswoman and members of the rules committee, mary guy scanlan, thank you for being with us. you voted no in the rules committee, will you vote yes
republicans have said over and over the democrats are not willing to work with them, democrats say there s no way we will extend bush tax cuts for the wealthy, they went, many will say, half way, they say we re going to extend them for two years, so how come republicans can t get on board with that? look, that s a fair question and i want to acknowledge, this is a tough call. you know, i spent the last week really, you know, reflecting on this decision, because martha, as you know, i ve been championing the effort for the last six month toss make sure that no american sees a tax increase in january, but in the final analysis, i really believe that this tax deal coming over from the senate is a bad deal for taxpayers and will do very little to create jobs, and i can t support it. martha: so it looks like it s going to pass. do you think it s going to pass, whether you vote for it or not? well, i don t know. you know, i went to the rules committee last night, i was flanked by democra