night! good evening, once again i m stephanie ruhle. less than two hours ago, the house passed a bipartisan plan to head off a disastrous default which the treasury warned could come as soon as monday. it will clear the house at a critical time for our economy with the risk of recession still a concern. 314 members voted in favor of the bill. how does 17 voted against it. among the no votes, 71 republicans including members of the freedom caucus. but they were not alone. 46 democrats were also in a no column. before the vote took place, several members from both sides went to the floor to make their case before the bell. thank goodness for joe biden s legislative skill. we will not go over the edge. and they were prepared to take us over the edge! the bill contains spending cuts that take a step in the right direction towards restoring fiscal sanity in washington. we need to avert a default that would stop checks to our seniors, benefits for our veterans. ho
good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. less than two hours ago, the house passed a bipartisan plan to head off a disastrous default, which the treasury warned could come as soon as monday. the bill clear the house at a critical time for our economy, with the risk of recession still a concern. 314 members voted in favor of the bill. 117 voted against it. among the no votes, 71 republicans, including members of the freedom caucus. they were not alone. 46 democrats were also in the no column. but before the vote took place, several members from both sides went to the floor to make the case for the bill. thank goodness for joe biden s legislative skill, we will not go over the edge. and they are prepared to take us over the edge. the bill contains spending cuts that takes a step towards the right direction to restoring fiscal sanity in washington. we need to avoid a default that would stop checks to our seniors, benefits to our veterans. house democrats were c
not good. the average american household made less than $70,000 in 2020. think about how they will pay for that. you are watching fox and friends first. i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. americans endure the most expensive memorial day on record. gas prices in california topping $8 per gallon. listen here. $140 to fill up my van, that is crazy. we re from florida on vacation. i printd and posted on social media, this is crazy. carley: appropriate reaction from the man in red. here is more on the economic disaster. good morning. the cost of gas hitting another high, not good news as school gets out and many americans hitting the road. $4.67, now 50% from a year ago. in washington, three words you don t hear often, i was wrong. the secretary downplayed inflation in october calling it transitory. i think i was wrong then about the path that inflation would take there have been unanticipated and large shocks to the economy. yesterday biden hosting th
News4JAX has gotten a lot of feedback from our viewers after reporting that the American Trucking Association predicts a nationwide truck driver shortage will be worse than ever in 2024. Truck drivers and logistics companies argue that’s just not true and explain that the truck driver shortage is more of a retention problem.