and write award democrat post for the nominate a war democrat and write a piece democrat platform and care which they do but he was in thespotlight with both . >> john, go ahead. >> i have a couple achievements about stephen a douglas . i feel compelled to say first with the panel this is how fascinating it is to hear intelligent,well-informed people . [applause] this may be obvious but i've never seen explicit statements that said even a douglas was an alcoholic . he was rumored to be a heavy drinker and i know it's not possible to provide a clinical diagnosis but do you tthink he was an alcoholic and do you think that was afactor in his death at the young age of 40 ? >> i have to say i don't know . he died not of alcoholism. i know he liked bourbon. i don't know to what extent you might bourbon but there was a famous story about him and william seward and douglas was drunk and he goes to seward and try to which douglas up and says people want to see you and seward didn't get up'i don't know if douglas was a drunk, i do know he likes to drink. >> there were some people that said he w

a war democrat and write a piece democrat platform. and frankly i do not care which they do. fixing red platforms. jon go ahead. accept couple things about steven a douglas. i feel compelled to say first what excellent panel this is. how fascinating it is to hear intelligent well-informed people converse like. this. >> thank you. >> would like to recognize that. [applause] this may be obvious. but i have never seen an explicit statement that said steven a douglas was anrt alcoholic. he's rumored to be a heavy drinker. the clinical diagnosis for someone who has been dead 160 years. but do you think he was an alcoholic? but the rather young age of 48. >> i would have to say i do not know. he died not of alcoholism. i know he liked bourbon. i do know that. i don't end to what extent he liked bourbon there's a famous story about him stuart was sleeping and douglas was drunk when he goes to stuart and tries to wake stuart up. there's people out there whod want to see you. and stuart did not get up of course. i don't know douglas was really

a war a a war democrat policy platform, or they'll nominate a war democrat and write a peace democrat platform. and frankly, i don't care which they do. and what he was he was spot on and they they read platforms in those days. they did. yeah. well yeah they distribution. go ahead. i have a couple things about stephen douglas. so i guess these are addressed to read. i feel compelled to say first, what an excellent this is how, how fascinating it is to hear intel's well-informed people converse like this. thank you. and so i like to recognize that this this may be obvious, but i've never seen an explicit statement that said stephen a douglas was an alcoholic. but you certainly he was certainly rumored to be a heavy drinker. and i know it's not possible to provide a clinical diagnosis for someone that's been dead 160 years. but do you think he was an alcoholic? and do you think that was a factor in his death at the rather young age of 48? i have to say, i don't know. he died not of alcoholic ism. i know he liked bourbon. i do know that. i don't know to what he like. bourbon. there's a a

that democrats are immoral and democrats, big republicans are a moral, same thing as dishonest, same as close minded. same is not intelligent. so more and more americans think the other guy is stupid, is a liar. and these numbers keep increasing to the point where what we have are people living in silos? no one's looking at what the government's doing. they're looking at the squirrels. yes. and, and that is an excellent point. and i think for i, and i often talked about this, i think a lot of it has to do with social media that you know, the is the popularity of social media. because if you think of with our politics, what may be brock obama was the 1st, i guess you could say social media president. yeah. you know, all of the twitter, well, facebook and all of those. they really kind of got there for the women. so he was able to capitalize on that, but look at what was happening online because the things that were being set on on both sides. so if you dare criticize the rock obama for nbc, whether able to valid criticism or not, you ever exist as any other inc, molly, the parties hav

louis the republican was the democratic paper. the democrat was the republican paper that's a relic of the era, "new york times" was the not only the republican paper from 1851 on it was the closest to into the lincoln administration. the new york tribune was a republican paper but kind of off of lincoln's beat on occasion. quick and material. so the difference is -- from today's precinct papers which allege to be nonpartisan is that the precinct press was openly partisan every small medium and large had at least and i'm leaving out the whig era democrat and republican paper, and if you read as i have for years and years, descriptions of the same event take the lincoln douglas debate, you know, one quick example and then i'll yield after the first debate, the republican paper said that lincoln's supporters carried him off on their shoulders new triumph democratic paper said loingsti lincoln was so exhaustd by his encounter with a little giant that he had to be carried off -- thee platform. so that's the difference. [laughter] you

so every -- democrat. so every democrat voted against raising the debt ceiling. nothing has happened in the senate. i'm not a senator. i don't control the senate. why didn't they pass something? the president, he didn't talk to us for 97 days. so don't blame me for reaching out to the democrats, for begging the president to meet with me, or trying to find it. and don't blame us, republicans when we put a reasonable bill together that we actually took democrats' ideas. so when we put spending for government and increase it 1% each year to cap it, so to slow growth of government so the economy can catch up, that was a democrat idea. when we put work requirements in to help people get a job, that's something senator biden voted for and president clinton signed into law. that was a democrat-supported idea too. so it's not my fault that the democrats today have become so extreme, so far to the socialist wing that they are now opposed to work requirements. that they are now opposed to saving $1 less than the year before. that to me really seems like the problem are the

democrats. if it meant default, default. ron desantis didn't go much better saying that this entire matter was totally inat quit, referring to today's deal is nothing more than a bad day for politicians. the two leading candidates for president that are ripping this thing a new one. is that constructive to you? >> again, they're establishing as they go in to the primary season what they would do if they were president. any republican that looked at this deal and said yeah, if we controlled government, that's what we would do. the fact is that democracy is about cutting deals with people you disagree with. mccarthy has shown that. i expect that probably every republican presidential candidate is going to ridicule the deal. they want to cut spending more. they want to do other things beside make the tax cuts permanent. there will be a healthy debate in the primaries and there won't be a healthy debate about this bill. this is why speakers late the debt limit but love it because they have a vehicle

the cap on spending is a democrat idea. the work requirement was a democrat idea. i can't help it if the democrats have become so extreme and now the party of bernie sanders, when the party, where president biden was elected, he's the president of the united states, he is the head democrat. but if aoc and bernie sanders are going to run their party that is not my fault. i'm not even sure bernie sanders is a registered democrat. >> the president does not agree to what you want are you willing to blow past -- >> first of all, the premise of your question is wrong. when have i ever said you have to agree to one hundred% of what i want to? all i said to the president from february 1st, let's talk. there's only a couple things i will not do. i will not raise taxes because we are bringing more revenue in even to the gdp, not just the 60 year average but the history of america. only two other times have we brought in 20% of the gdp, 1934-2000. i will not put a clean debt ceiling on the floor. why? we spent more than we ever spent before and have the highest debt we ever h

note democrats. every democrat voted against raising the debt ceiling. i am not a senator, i don't control the senate. the president, has not talked to us for 97 days. do not blame me for reaching out to the democrats and begging the president to meet with me and don't blame us, republicans from we put a reasonable plan together with democrat ideas. when we increase spending 1% each year to cap it so there is a slow growth of government so that economy can catch up that was a democrat idea. when we put in work requirements, to help people get a job that was something that senator biden voted for and was signed into law. it is not my fault that the democrats today have become so estranged, and so far in the socialist wing that they are now opposed to work requirements. they are now opposed to saving one dollar less then before. saving one dollar. that is the problem of the democrats. >> the white house says they are trying to meet you halfway. >> what is the offramp here? >> the offramp is to solve the problem. to spend less than last year. they still wan

house democrats who stood strongly behind him and his administration, leader schumer and senate democrats as well. my honor to yield to the distinguished whip of the house democratic caucus, who has held this caucus together in such an extraordinary way. from the first week of the 118th congress through the default on america act, what every single house democrat opposed the republican legislation giving the administration tremendous strength in the negotiating room. all wait through making sure that every single democrat, new dems, blue dogs, progressives, all points in between signed the discharge petition to strengthen the leverage the biden administration needed to bring about an outcome that protected the well-being of the american people, thank you, katherine khr-rbg. ms. clark: thank you -- clark. ms. clark: thank you, mr. mr. leader. we are still to this day so proud to have cast 3,179 votes for hakeem jeffries for speaker. but today let me start off with what we know. it's been nearly three months since president biden released his budget, his vision on how we can invest in the a

when republicans want to take sides against democrats, democrats want to take sides against republicanslook at the issue at hand. take the red and the blue out and look at the issue and say is this right? we make decisions in our lifetime about people but we look at that guy and it ain't right. now we want to -- the other side did it. tackle the issue at hand and the one person, one issue. host: all right, julian in new haven, connecticut, independent. caller: good morning. host: your turn to weigh in on this debate. you are it in the house of representatives so what do you say? caller: first of all, i want to make an observation on a correction. the politicians name is dossan tos which is one name of puerto rican extraction. i guess the average c-span caller or average voter doesn't know the difference between ape puerto rican and a portuguese but i just wanted to make that point. the gentleman's name is george dossantos. the second thing is i'm an independent and quite frankly, since i am a retired old man, i listen and i favor the democratic positions but there is too much money bein

even with the ballot harvesting would be democrats and three statewide races in nevada.d in california and i was in montana. so we are doing at the processes gives to the democrats invest more in that republican investors wait until the candidate is picked. until the primaries are done. democrats are always investing in the process but that's why the rnc is so critical you have to invest early if you're going to educate voters and talking about the importance of banking votes early and we need to do that. bank your boat and go be a poll watcher and sign up to work on election day. that is something we are continually to work on. we did better at that the media saying we do need to improve on that in east pennsylvania brickwork sent such a critical state so many of these races nationally and senate races and others in gubernatorial's but let's talk about debates. those are coming for president trump said no and consulted him or his campaign about the debates you have announced thus far for iming and assuming you are in conversation with all these campaigns is that accurat

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it is democrats who have prioritized americans over political gam mansship and democrats who opposed this maga hostage situation. it is democrats who have been clear, we will not allow this country to suffer a devastating default. the question is whether republicans today will join us and do the right thing. this is a bill that speaker mccarthy negotiated when his predecessor negotiated an agreement on the debt ceiling, she guaranteed votes from the vast majority of her caucus. no one is will will will will rl doing it but he should be able to produce 150 votes from this majority. that should be on the table. and the fact that it is still an open question. the fact that we don't know if the votes are there, that he is depending on democrats to revert disaster, that is a reflection of the maga and ideological rock that has taken hold of the republican party. like all of you, i can't wait to see the final tally, but this caucus will remain unified with the president and with the american people in this fight. and i am very proud to yield to our chairman, who has been helping us at ever

democrats have the white house, democrats have the senate, extreme maga republicans barely in control of the house. president biden says we want to increase investments in the american people, you want to dramatically cut spending, let's find common ground and free spending at the 2023 level. that is an inherently reasonable compromise. they have rejected it. republicans have rejected putting revenue on the table. rejected making sure that the wealthy and well off pay their fair share. rejected revisiting the 2017 g.o.p. tax scam where 83% of the benefits went to the wealthy 1%. they have rejected looking at the child tax credit which reduced poverty in half in the united states of america. so president biden has been very reasonable in what he has put on the table. freeze spending, reduce the deficit by $1.1 trillion on top of the $1.7 trillion deficit he -- reduction that he has already a come. -- accomplished. through the appropriations process, let's work together to figure out how to do more to both invest in the american people and deal with our financial situation into the futu

democratic members of the house, even some members of the senate of the democratic caucus came out verycefully with statements when they thought work requirements were on the table. they heard that president biden seemed open to negotiating work requirements. folks like senator bernie sanders. the current chairman of the budget committee, senator whitehouse. there were statements from the congressional progressive caucus. congresswoman paul, there were statements from the congressional black caucus. from the chairman, stephen horror per. all those members and more, we are not seeing a lot of statements from the progressives on the democratic side. i think that underscores this point. they want to see what is in the deal text. look, the reality is, frankly, if you want objectively look at this, i think democrats have been quite reasonable throughout this entire debacle, if you will. they didn't have conditions for raising the debt ceiling. they just thought it was time to raise it. we raised it under donald trump three times. let's raise that here under joe biden. it was republicans in t

democrats gonna vote for this. to expect the past but the question is of course for democrats as, well for leader jeffries, is this something that they can swallow, is it something that members can swallow, especially when it comes to these work requirements that we've been hearing all day, democrats are really against, that's a big question it's a question for another day because tonight it's all about republicans and whether they will support this bill. >> nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie tsirkin, you're working. it really really appreciate you, julie. let us know if anything else breaks. let's go back to my panel, shermichael singleton, jonathan alter, ashley pratte oates we, and debbie mucarsel-powell, former member of the house. shermichael, let's go back with you on the last point that julie was talking about. tonight it's all about the republicans. tomorrow, not literally, but figuratively, it's about the democrats. how do you see these two narratives sort of setting themselves up to get us, knowing

this is an, democrats line. -- anne, democrats line.aller: i am a retiree on social security, my message to washington is do not negotiate on the debt ceiling. negotiate on the budget. what is happening right now is the extremist republican held mccarthy's leadership hostage until they bullied him into getting what they wanted. now, they want to hold the entire nation hostage and bully the president until they get what they want. this is just wrong. you do not negotiate your debt. you negotiate your budget. host: why not have a discussion on spending as part of that if spending is the concern of both sides? caller: i do not think it is necessary or desirable to have that discussion in the context of paying debts that have already been incurred. that is desirable when you are planning your next budget. host: you think these conversations would take place outside of a showdown over the debt ceiling? caller: we are having a showdown and having discussions, distinctions matter. of course there are discussions going on. but not negotiation.

what is the democrat plan in the senate? i think the only thing that schumer has passed in the senate is making syrup month. i think we can do a little bit better than that, wouldn't you agree, sir? host: don in california, republican. caller: thanks for taking my call. i think you can cut money from all the new green deals that biden and the democrat party want to put in place. and also i think that giving money to the poor we really don't have a poor problem in this country we have a lazy problem in this country and that's got to be addressed. guest: we are taking a look at the green new deal and all of the energy, the money we're are spending on green energy to see that if we can spend that more efficiently there's no question on that. i believe we do need some programs to help people get a hand up, not a handout. that's why in the bill be passed it talks about work requirements. what is the number one gift we can give a person is the ability to have a job. if you can have a job, you have a sense of pride. you can begin t

speaker mccarthy will rely on democratic members supporting deal to pass the bill, more democrats than republicans vote for the bill, speaker mccarthy could be in hot water, quote, i predict more democrats, and they said two things, to suppress their enthusiasm, they play out, we have shown you over the course of several weeks or several days, the 11th of the deal and ask if you tell your member of congress to accept or reject it. this is pat first up. >> i am a democrat, and who's going to do the best job. i don't care democrat or republican or libertarian or any category at all, these people, representatives from the republican party do what the party wants. representatives from the democrat party are doing -- they are not doing what we want. they don't give a crap about us. last month i was scared to death i will not get my check this month. how am i going to pay my bills? i can't. i've got to have my check. i worked three jobs all my life, building social security up. i'm a vietnam era veteran. i have a disability. i need my checks to pay my bills every month. when they go up there

on the democratic side.nt that they want to see what is in the deal text. look, i think the reality is, frankly, if you want to objectively look at this. i think democrats have been quite reasonable throughout this entire debacle, if you will. they didn't have conditions for raising the debt ceiling. they just said, fine, we should raise it. we raised it under donald trump three times. let's raise it here on joe biden. it was republicans in the house specifically who said, we're not going to raise this debt ceiling without a condition. unless there is something actually egregious in this text when we get it tomorrow, i think that folks should expect that they will be very little fanfare from progressives on the specifics of the bill. and more so likely about the process. because they are learning right along with us right now. >> all right, well it does say something, symone, that the dems are sitting there waiting patiently for the text. while the republicans are getting exercised by the framework of the de

and vote democratic. well, that's kind of fantasy thinking to you can't i mean, from what i see from a distance, the hispanic community is not monolithic. it is a very diverse and it's not size fits all. and you and i here in san antonio are probably much more aware of that than other in the state. and you can't run a one size fits all campaign and expect a turnout. you also have to understand you have to understand people's culture and aspirations and again, you can't stereotype based on what you think existed ten or 15 or 20 years ago. also, it's always a changing environment, but it takes take some strategic thinking to really build that. you mentioned beto's and certainly in in was just exuding charisma and she once she got elected she was really a rock in democratic politics national as beto became and he got distracted by that. do you think ann richards got distracted by that at all as she was running for reelection? i don't think so. and she could have gone into the national arena at the time she w

no democrat. so every democrat voted against raising the debt ceiling.pened in the senate. i'm not a senator. i don't control the senate. why didn't they pass something? the president didn't talk to us for 97 days so don't blame me for reaching out to the democrats, for begging the president to meet with me to find it and don't blame us, republicans, when we put a reasonable bill together and we have democrats' ideas and when we take spending for government and cap it to slow the growth of government so the economy can catch up, that was a democrat idea. when we put work requirements in to help people get a job, that's something senator biden voted for and president clinton signed into law. that was a democrat-supported idea, too. so it's not my fault that the democrats today have become so extreme, so far to the socialist wing that they are now opposed to work requirements, that they are now opposed to saving one dollar less than you spent the year before. that to me seems that the problem are the democrats. >> the white house says they're trying to mee

i can to and walk at the same time. >> senator sharon brown and potential democratic workaround for democratic hostage taking. >> leaders have all agreed we will not default. >> when all in starts, right now. >> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. we have new polling just out. this one shows joe biden maintaining a lead, a significant, one over his potential republican challenger for the presidency next year. registered voters give biden a six-point advantage over donald trump, 44 to 38%, and the reason i'm beginning tonight's show with this polling, and we're a long way from the election, is because it comes after, two weeks after chakras alton another poll that showed those numbers flipped 44% for trump, 38% for biden, and there's a lot written about those polls. now what i would like to tell you is you can watch those polls bounce up and down and worry about what they mean. the reality is the election is 18 months away. think about all we have been through for the last three or four years. think about how long 18 months. is what could happen. the polling for the next presidential e

democrats support rise and fall will depend on that.told us that he believes kevin mccarthy can deliver as many as 150 votes, and that democrats will fill in that gap, whatever that may be. so, you are only talking about 70 or 80 democratic votes to get this over the finish line. i think it will end up being a lot more than that. but there is no doubt, when you have divided government, you have to come up with a compromised piece of legislation. so that means, you are going to lose progressive democrats and you are going to lose conservative republicans, and that is how it gets over the finish line. i do end up thinking that's how this will turn out. >> yeah. i guess i was asking that in part because mccarthy is so gleefully saying that there is nothing in there for democrats, and then also expecting that large democrats will vote for something that -- ideal that he put in motion. to that end, mccarthy getting a standing ovation reportedly in the house republican conference. can you tell me about his standing inside the party? you menti

now, same thing as joe and democrats. they're asked the same exact question and they're the whole way moral thing goes from 35 percent before to 63 percent now and look at how they behave when they come together or not in protests, all over the country. the mean, you see that you think we almost act as if we're not americans, but rather enemies and there's no question that there is at this particular point. busy assuming that a crisis in the united states, a crisis of division and the crisis of hate, is it possible that it is designed to create division that suits various interests? which is, which is why it, it seems to be growing and growing each and every year. and nobody seems to be able to carabas. these feelings of antipathy. and by the way, the media, the media rather than telling us important stories continues to perpetuate this stuff. so why not then other parties, why not other ideas? and maybe the most important question of all, as we look at this, why so much hate? and joining us now is monique of dual, he's a

unfortunately every democrat voted against it. the democrats in the senate did nothing about it. republicans continue to work to solve it. >> one more question. when you think aboutnear ago deal -- >> don't misread everything. i think things are better than they were yesterday. >> how do you think about the vote? what is the the threshold internally? when we come to an agreement it will be a good agreement for the american public and we'll get it passed. >> have the cbo started scoring -- >> we're not there. >> is mchenry still at the white house? >> yeah, one other issue i wanted him to work on. >> what is it? >> it's an issue he's working on. >> work requirements still part of this discussion? >> i've always said work requirements are part of the discussion. >> is that a red line for the white house? work requirements? >> look, i know they have a position and i have a position. the one thing that we all know is senator biden voted for them. president clinton signed them in to law and they made america stronger. it put more people to work, gave more people an opportunity for the

this is an, democrats line. -- anne, democrats line. caller: i am a retiree on social security, my message to washington is do not negotiate on the debt ceiling. negotiate on the budget. what is happening right now is the extremist republican held mccarthy's leadership hostage until they bullied him into getting what they wanted. now, they want to hold the entire nation hostage and bully the president until they get what they want. this is just wrong. you do not negotiate your debt. you negotiate your budget. host: why not have a discussion on spending as part of that if spending is the concern of both sides? caller: i do not think it is necessary or desirable to have that discussion in the context of paying debts that have already been incurred. that is desirable when you are planning your next budget. host: you think these conversations would take place outside of a showdown over the debt ceiling? caller: we are having a showdown and having discussions, distinctions matter. of course there are discussions going on. but not negotiation

they've got a few democrats on board. they have a b couple of bills passed to reduce the deficit some more and stop the spending. i think the democrats just need to come along and make the american public feel safe and feel secure by eating together in a room and discussing this situation or if they don't do this they should they be do this on tv, maybe c-span should go in there and sit in a room with him upm at the cameras on them and let's see what happens. >> host: l again that is j in florida. the white house taking up these discussions the first time tomorrow with all the congressional leaders in place. for that discussion when it comes to approaches on this debt ceiling issue, sheila and marilyn says president biden and the democrats with the right approach. hello, sheila. >> caller: hello. i do agree with them on some things but i really believe -- with republicans that thesese people -- [inaudible] they don't work as young people, they won't have any social security and medicare because they are not paying into th

inks, democrats -- -- thanks, democrats -- host: line for democrats, good morning.e to talk about the abortion issue. it seems the people who are antiabortion and seem to be for life are all for the unborn. the same people seem to be the same ones who are anti-gun-control. they do not seem to be worried about the children who are living and getting slaughtered by these ar-15's. i think it is hypocritical. on one hand, they are saying they are pro-life. but they are against gun control. it does not make any sense. thank you. host: in north carolina, republican. caller: i am a little nervous. i wanted to say i am glad that people are using the language, what abortion really is. it really is killing the most innocent among us. that is what it means. host: let us talk to janice next in the louisiana, democrat. caller: hello. yes, it all seems very simple to me, the whole situation. number one, people need to stop having children they cannot support. number two, people need training and education to do jobs well. number three, no one should carry guns openly and they sho

democrats haven't come back with anything.ll continue to dig themselves into this hole and they have to lie to the public to try and make a counter argument. it is not working very well. you read the polling. americans are on our side with this. >> harris: absolutely they are because they see what happens when you have more bills than you have money to pay because they are dealing with high inflation right now. they are literally living their own debt crisis. trust me, they get it. i just want to spell this out. this is a little unbelievable. when we hear the speaker say he re really was patient for 97 days, we hit the current debt limit in january and the treasury department is using extraordinary measures just to get to this point. we're out of time. >> we are. it's complicated. you get revenue on a consistent bases. everyone is treating june 1st as a hard deadline when at least some bills can no longer be paid. the markets will react. it will be a problem. the democrats backed themselves into a corner and left themselves no

i think this country a lot of democrats for right now the democrats are very accept.'s nothing in the bill for them. there is not one thing in the bill for democrats. shannon: i don't think that's going to persuade them to join him or you buy will talk to one of the next. quickly you've talked about getting back to regular order the 12 appropriation bills have to pass every year. is it carrot and stick situation to get people to do that. are you worried some of your caucus slowly ticked about how this went down and you're not going to have the support when you need it? >> not at all pre-people underestimate the every single day what we've been able to do. her parents bill of rights wheat lifted the debt ceiling. will be put here and what we change in washington that he doing on the bill of 1.7 trillion consented to the house right before christmas and have your boat ... wait 72 hou hours. that has all changed. inside this bill is a provision. if congress does not do the work and pass all bills a continual resolution goes in but it cuts a 1% across the board. give you

there is a democratic senate. there is a democratic president.f he wants to run for president and do his own debt limit deals, i am sure, you know, the office is open. but this is not -- i don't think republicans are terribly concerned that they are gonna not be able to pass this. this is a huge test for mccarthy and also they do check before they do a deal that they can actually get most of these members. >> yeah, the democrats will have to compensate getting some of their members to vote for this, for the republicans who will not support it. also hearing from chip roy, dan bishop as well. but if we remember from the speakership fight, those 15 votes, part of the compromise was the single vote of a member who could propose a resolution to vacate the chair. is the disappointment or anger or any way you want to describe what we are seeing from those on the right potent enough that this jeopardizes mccarthy's speakership? are you seeing anything there this early? >> we haven't heard of people, including bob good, threaten that overnight since the d

some think democrats have touted. i spoke to congressman yesterday you do some progressive be frustrated with this bill. something she pointed out in the legislation there is a carveout we talk about work requirements are some of the federal aid programs there is a carveout for homeless individuals for people just coming out of foster care. this is a proponent that is being touted by number of democrats from the legislation. so there is frustration with the student loan pause absolutely. but there are sweeteners in the deal for democrats. one of the things they're pointing to is the carveout and work requirements. the argument could be made as helping a number of taxpayers with getting them on the federal programs for. >> into on our dependent line run hello. >> caller: i negotiated for michigan education association for eight years. the thing that gets me is you have a biden who historically has a huge background in the political background and then you have mccarthy. both come up with an agreement. those agreement s

the cap on the spending is a democrat idea. the work requirement was a democrat idea. -- i can't help it if the democrats have become so extreme and now is the party of bernie sanders than the party where joe biden was elected. joe biden is the president of the united states. he is the head democrat. but if aoc and bernie sanders will run the party that's not my fault. i'm not sure bernie sanders is a registered democrat. >> if the president is not willing to -- >> the premise of your question is all wrong. when have i ever said you have to agree to 100% of what i want? all i ever said to the president from february 1st, let's talk. there is only a couple things that i will not do, mr. president. i will not raise taxes. why? because we are bringing more revenue in even to the gdp. not just the 50 year average but the history of americament only two other times have we brought in 20% of the gdp. 1944 and 2000. i will not put a clean debt ceiling on the floor. why? because we've spent more than we've ever spent before and have the highest debt we've ever had before. i do

that is why house democrats are here on the floor fighting. this default crisis is before the american people on june 1, america may run out of the ability to pay our bills and extreme mega republicans have chosen to get out of town before sundown. to flee washington dc. to risk a dangerous default. in a crisis they have created. these republican's was a joe biden refused to sit down with them. that is a fake narrative. that they have continued to try to put into the public domain. they say president biden refused to talk for 97 days, fake, false, fraudulent narrative. the timeline is pretty clear. president biden sat down with the speaker of the house. they had a conversation in the oval office and president biden said we will produce our budget on march 9. so that the american people know our values, know the types of investments that should be made for their health, safety and economic well-being and challenge the extreme mega republicans to do the same thing. president biden produced his budget. a budget that will strengthen and protect so

the democrats know it.y kind of ignored the feinstein issue, we were talking about it years ago. they ignored it and now they're like well feinstein's way too infirmed to be in the senate. but they know the problem, do they not? and they're going to try to do the hologram campaign again to try and shield him. >> yeah. i think the other day even hillary clinton acknowledged that age is a factor. 65% of the voters think that joe biden is too old to run for president. most voters think that kamala harris will wind up being president. this is definitely a big issue. it's the big elephant that's right in the room and everybody knows it. >> laura: speaking of hillary we have that sound bite. let's listen to it. >> there was that heart-stopping moment where he almost fell over coming down the stairs a day or two ago. is that a concern? >> well, i mean, it's a concern for anyone, and we've had presidents who have fallen before who were a lot younger, and people didn't go into, you know, heart palpitations. but his

texas is not a democratic state. it's not a state friendly to democrats. the fact that those are the best places that democrats have to look is really speaking to how difficult this cycle is for them when looking at offensive opportunities. >> jacob rubashkin, happy to talk about any state you want. we could talk about house races as well. we can test his knowledge there. we are 550 days out from election day 2024. the phone lines again are open. those are our standard political lines. this is jerry in new jersey, line for democrats. good morning. >> good morning. i have a couple of questions for you. do you think that the press is going to be honest and fair and hold joe biden to questions. i'm not talking about advanced questions that they write out for him and all. i'm talking about questions that they give him. he has to answer on his own. do you think they are going to have debates? i'm really curious. joe biden says no debates. do you think they will debate? the other question is, i don't believe joe biden is really going to run. i think the question

does not matter if it is a democrat or republican. it is very simple. the debt is like, if you go by a car, i will use a person from the last caller, you go by a car you make the decision to buy a house, you say, you say i don't know if i will pay this. the decision was made at the very beginning. why are we doing this when the decisions were made under democrat and u republicans? why is it that people wake up when there's somebody from the other side? i just want people to be treated the same. >> running short on time, congressman. one of the topics we had not gone to a wanted to get your thoughts on. john durham's report. the four year long report. over 300 pages. to be honest with you, i saw just the caption of it. i had n not read the report yet. right now, the emphasis right now and congress is number one, addressing the debt ceiling. again, trying to get appropriation bills that we start off this week. that continues today when the house comes in at 10:00 a.m. eastern and the senate in at 10:00 a.m. as well. up on capitol hill working today. appro

caught the run her race months ago as a democrat.an opponent by a whopping 19% of the vote. this is not a close one or nail biter. her constituents wanted a democrat representing them. and then last month, trisha cotham switched parties. she said she had been bullied by other democrats, and that they pushed her out. now, we do not know enough to confirm or deny those claims, but we do know in doing the, trisha cotham give republicans a supermajority, a supermajority that would ensure that republicans were veto proof, so trisha caught them, who ran as a democrat become the deciding vote to override the governor's veto and put a 12-week abortion ban into law. as wild as tricia cotham's about-face is, what is more concerning here is that republicans were even close to a supermajority at all. just this month, the group, california forward, carolina forward, put on a specific 12 -week ban, 54% of likely voters oppose a 12-week abortion ban, only 40% supported it. so how did this all come down to trisha cotham's one vote? how did republica

so, democrats, democratic operatives, people been doing this work, and already started running thoseinteresting to see this house is so close, and the margin is so close, just like the senate that i know we're going to talk about. just a few votes here or there, in a few of these working class districts, can't really mean the difference on who gets the blame. who doesn't get the blame. who's in control in the next congress. >> let's talk about that then. 2024, we talk often about 2024 in the context of the presidential race. as chuck just noted, the 54, the senate is real. the map favors republicans. according to the cook political report, three seats are toss-ups, to sherrod brown and ohio, and joe manchin in west virginia, are held by democrats. the third is held by arizona's kristen sinema. who is now a former democrat, and a current independent. to, what are some of the contests that you have heard from democratic lawmakers, if they are willing -- worried about, and where are some of the places they feel confident? >> i think that, particularly, of course that west virginia see,