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to spend less and we achieved that goal. was it everything i wanted? no. but sitting with one house, a democratic senate and a democratic president who didn t want to meet with us, i think we did pretty dang good for the american public. our correspondent, nomia iqbal, has the latest from capitol hill. there was a sigh of relief in the chamber when it was finally announced the bill has passed the house of representatives. remember, the magic number was 218. in the end, 314 voted yes, so they overwhelmingly backed the bill. in terms of breaking it down in numbers, ultimately more democrats supported the bill, 165. 149 republicans backed it. in terms of the republicans that opposed the bill, many of them were ones that we suspected, the ultra conservative members of the party, the house freedom caucus, who felt that the bill didn t go far enough in spending cuts. and then over on the democratic side, there were members of the more progressive parts of the party who voted ....
real frenzy of activity around this case. so, i promise we will return to that as soon as we have it. let s turn our attentions to the united states. the house of representatives has approved a deal to allow the us to borrow more money, days before the world s biggest economy would have started defaulting on its debt. the measure passed the chamber by a vote of 314 to 117, with defections on both sides of the aisle. the us senate must vote on the bill later this week before presidentjoe biden can sign it into law. joining me now is martin baccardax, senior editor, thestreet.com. was it game, set and match to biden on this deal? i think, to some degree, he can claim an incredible victory here, although ultimately he did want to separate this debt ceiling negotiation from his budget, and he had to concede at least some spending cuts along the way. so, he didn t get precisely what you wanted, but as you indicated, there was tremendous bipartisan support for the deal, inclu ....
hello there. france has reopened its borders to traffic from britain. they had been closed for 48 hours leaving thousands of trucks stranded in south east england. since midnight in france, european union citizens and residents, freight drivers and others have been allowed in provided they have a recent negative coronavirus test. some of those stuck are members of the european road hauliers association. joining me now is marco digioia, the secretary general of european road haulers association. very good to have you s. this development the reopening of the order must be a huge relief to your drivers, your members? yes, good morning. indeed, the situation is very serious. people, human beings, they have been stuck in their vehicles in total uncertainty. france has reopened its borders this morning but this backlog could ta ke morning but this backlog could take some time to shift, especially with drivers to be tested before crossing the channel. we have been reported h ....
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