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we begin tonight with breaking news straight from capitol hill. we are getting word that the white house and house republicans are getting closer to a deal to raise the debt ceiling. one week before the u.s. runs out of money. what do we know right now about where the deal stands between kevin mccarthy, house republicans and the white house? i think we should caveat by saying nothing has been agreed upon yet. nothing has been finalized. they are moving closer to a deal. we have seen progress over the last 12 hours, particularly on the spending issue. that s been something that has been really bedevilling the talks. they started floating the idea of a potential compromise that both sides could try to claim as essentially a win. one of the things they are discussing is raising the debt ceiling for two years, which would be longer than what house republicans had proposed in their debt ceiling plan in the house. then instituting spending caps for two years. caps on federa ....
abby, i think we should caveat by saying nothing that we have nothing has been finalized. they are moving closer to a deal. we have seen some progress over the last few 12 hours, particularly on the spending issue. that is as something that has been really bedeviling the talks. but they started at least floating the idea of a potential compromise that both sides could try to claim as a win. one of the things they are discussing is raising the debt ceiling for two years, which would be longer than what wrote republicans have been proposing in their debt ceiling plan, and then instituting spending caps for two years. so caps on federal spending levels. they have not agreed on those numbers for the spending caps, but one of the emerging compromises here is the idea that they would spare pentagon funding. so, it would spare specific domestic programs so that democrats can say, we actually didn t cut certain things. other programs would see some cuts, which republicans c ....
They have not agreed on the numbers for those spending caps. one of the emerging compromises here is the idea that they would spare pentagon funding. they would spare specific domestic programs so that democrats could say, we actually didn t cut certain things. another programs would see cuts, which republicans could claim as a win. you are starting to see the contours of how a spending provision deal might come together. but i will caution that there are a number of other outstanding issues, particularly on the issue of tougher work requirements for social safety net programs. that s something both sides have been dug in on. republicans included it in their bill in the house. they are demanding it. they say it s a red line for them. you have d.emocrats need to supply votes to get this over the finish line saying they can t support something that has really any form of tougher work requirements. that s where the issue lies. there s other issues where they are starting to see more agree ....
abby, i think we should caveat by saying nothing that we have nothing has been finalized. they are moving closer to a deal. we have seen some progress over the last few 12 hours, particularly on the spending issue. that is as something that has been really bedeviling the talks. but they started at least floating the idea of a potential compromise that both sides could try to claim as a win. one of the things they are discussing is raising the debt ceiling for two years, which would be longer than what wrote republicans have been proposing in their debt ceiling plan, and then instituting spending caps for two years. so caps on federal spending levels. they have not agreed on those numbers for the spending caps, but one of the emerging compromises here is the idea that they would spare pentagon funding. so, it would spare specific domestic programs so that democrats can say, we actually didn t cut certain things. other programs would see some cuts, which republicans couldn t claim as ....