then you have people like dusty johnson, who i think represent a pretty big chunk of votes in the middle and here's what he had to say about this. >> i think part of the problem with republicans is that we are so often focused on hitting the hail mary pass that we forget about the power of incrementalism. this is going to spend less money next year, that is not sufficient, that does not solve all the problems of this country, but it is a big win. the strongest argument against this thing is that it isn't perfect. i don't know. welcome to humanity, right? in any negotiation, nobody gets anything they want. we cannot let perfect be the enemy of the good. i guarantee you the majority of the house is going to agree. >> welcome to humanity, matthew. i guess the question is if you're the average american, and you've been hearing for weeks if not months how devastating it will be if this deal doesn't work, do you listen to the dusty johnsons or listen to the chip roys? >> well, i think most americans are where dusty johnson is, can't you just reach consensus and compromise and just get it done,

congresswoman -- i mean, congressman dusty johnson, thank you so much. i now turn to congresswoman and progressive caucus chair, pramila jayapal, who has had concerns about some of the measures that end up in this bill. congressman, thanks so much. appreciate it. congresswoman, so the specific legislative language still being worked on, president biden says this agreement is a compromise, which means not everyone gets what they want. you just heard congressman johnson say, democrats didn't get anything in the deal. are you going to support -- he also said that he thinks that you're going to vote against it. how are you going to vote? >> well, i don't know yet, jake, because i haven't seen the texts. you know i'm not a big fan of in-principle or frameworks. that's always, you know, a problem, if you can't see the exact legislative texts. and we're all trying to wade through spin right now. that's certainly what you heard from my good colleague on the other side of the aisle, is a lot of spin. but i think it will come down to what the legislative text is.

representative dusty johnson, republican of south dakota was on state of the union yesterday. he was asked about grumbling on the republican side. [video clip] >> we are hearing a lot of grumbling from your caucus. some call this a debt ceiling surrender. they said no one claiming to a can did -- to be conservative could claim a yes vote in the basic criticism is that mccarthy gave up too much and could have gotten more. what do you think of that? >> i'm the head of a group of 75 pragmatic conservatives who are called the mainstreet caucus. there will be freedom caucus people who vote for this package so when you say the conservatives have concerns, it is really the most colorful conservatives. some of those guys didn't vote for the thing when it was a republican wish list. those votes were never really in play. we get that but overwhelmingly come republicans in this congress will support the deal. it is a fantastic deal. >> how many votes will you get and how many can you afford to lose? >> we are starting the process now. i talked to between two and three dozen republican me

maxx [ laughter ] next up we have dusty johnson of south dakota.name [ laughter ] >> steve: oi >> jimmy: "dusty johnson there? next, there's derek kilmer of washington he spent his week off going, "meep, meep, meep, meep, meep, meep, meep." [ laughter ] >> steve: oh, come on. >> jimmy: and finally, there's donald payne of new jersey he spent his week trying to get his bow tie to stop spinning every time he sees a pretty lady [ laughter ] [ cymbal crash ] >> steve: "i got a a dusty johnson. [ laughter ] ♪ >> jimmy: some business news - amazon is being sued for allegedly selling products that contain donkey meat. [ audience ohs ] then today, amazon was like, "and for our vegan customers, we also sell beyond donkey meat." [ laughter ] that's right, amazon is being sued for allegedly selling products that contain donkey meat that's pretty disgusting here's what some amazon customers had to say about it. this customer said, "i love animals, so i'm absolutely horrified to learn that some of the products i've purchased on amazon may contain donkey meat."

i hereby appoint the honorable dusty johnson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, kevin mccarthy, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chap land, reverend -- chaplain, reverend john kellogg from christchurch, washington parish, washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. almighty god, on this day of remembrance, we give you thanks for those who laid down their lives in service to our country. we send down your representatives in congress your spirit of wisdom, charity, and justice that with steadfast purpose they may faithfully serve in their offices to promote the well-being of all people. amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-z of house resolution 5, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. the chair will now lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, t

congresswoman -- i mean congressman dusty johnson, thank you very much.urn to jamila jayapal who has had concerns for the things that ended up in this bill. thank you very much. appreciate it. the specific language is being worked on. president biden means this is a compromise which means not everyone gets what they want. you just heard congressman johnson said the democrats did not get anything. how will you vote? >> i don't know, jake. you know i'm not a fan of principle and frameworks and that's always a problem, if you can't see the exact legislative text and we're all trying to wade through spend and that's certainly what you heard from my good colleague on the other side of the aisle is a lot of spin and it will come down to what the legislative text is and at the end of the day the american people have to understand that we are at the brink of default. we don't have a deal yet and we don't know how many republican votes will be produced and it is all because republicans said that they wanted to cut the deficit and let's be clear, what they got from

. >>> let's talk now to south dakota republican congressman dusty johnson, involved in these talks as well. congressman, thanks for taking the time today. >> you bet. thanks for having me. >> so, first, can you tell us what a sticking point is or what the sticking points are at this point in the negotiations? >> well, manu is right. work requirements have been a sticking point. i would say to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, when they say they won't vote for any bill that has work requirements, let's be clear. programs like s.n.a.p. or food stamps have had work requirements since 1956. any time they voted for a farm bill or appropriations package, there have been work requirements for programs like tanif and s.n.a.p. i don't understand why this is such a big sticking point for the other side. we're going to get a deal. we won't have a default. but we need a return to common sense. . used to be broadly bipartisan. >> that's an important statement there. you're saying, you will get to a deal. you will not default. even if you don't get all you want? >> well, i don't think a

. >> republican dusty johnson of south dakota with a plea to house gop hard liners who are criticizing the debt limit bill. we'll have the latest on where support stands for members of both parties as leaders try to secure their votes. >>> plus, president biden and former president trump mark memorial day with very different messages, and also ahead we're following a developing story out of moscow this morning. drones attacked residential areas for the first time since russia invaded ukraine. >>> good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, may 30th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin this morning in washington with the debt ceiling deal. the house rules committee will meet today to discuss advancing the legislation to a full vote in the house. meanwhile, house conservatives are criticizing the bill calling it, quote, the fiscal irs responsibility act, not a win, and even deemed it a turd sandwich with many republicans vowing not to vote for its passage. on the or the side of the capitol senators lindsey graham and mike lee have vowed to

>>> and joining me is south dakota republican congressman and chair of the mainstream caucus k dusty johnson. let me ask you, are you confident that speaker mccarthy has 150 republican votes for this deal? >> i don't know that that magic number came from. hakeem jeffries mentioned it. it's not what kevin mccarthy has admitted to publicly. the votes will be there. this is going to pass out of the house. mary gay scanlon, i get a little irritated when we have this fear mongering, whether or not mothers at home taking care of sick kids have work requirements imposed on them. it has been the law of the land since 1996 that people with dependents at home do not have the work requirements applied to them. that doesn't change with this bill. she knows it doesn't change with this bill. we're trying to scare americans with some of these policies, and i think it's just better to be honest that it's not going to put that woman into the work force if she doesn't want to be working. secondly, i thought it interesting that the democrats won't tell us how they're going to vote. they're going to wait to see

>> no, and dusty johnson is an incredibly conservative member of the house conference.nd this is not done. i mean, it's great that there's a deal. we all recognize that defaulting on our debt is not one of the choices on our bingo card in front of us, jim, but what you're seeing is a wedge. there is a wedge, there are inflection points on the right and you're seeing an incredibly conservative member of the conference go out and tell all of the further right members of the conference, this is a good deal and here is why, we won, they lost. it is not the bargaining and accommodation that the founders intended for congress. but i -- it is where we are in terms of how the right and kevin mccarthy has to hold his voting bloc together. >> what do you think, john? >> yeah. well, look, i think what that member is doing is trying to sell republicans, conservatives on the deal which was certainly far short of the ludicrous list of demands they initially put forward. look, this is a win for the american people to the extent that we are not going to default on your debt. we're not

i am joined by the republican congressman dusty johnson of south dakota. he is the vice chair of the problem solvers caucus in the house, he is the chair of the republican main street congress, congressman, good to see, you thank you for on the problem solvers caucus, he played influential role in getting us to where we are. and he may have a very influential role to play over the course of the next few days, because of what we are talking about. there are some members of the republican congress who have said and tweeted that they will not support this bill. they are appear to be some democrats who are still getting more information on that who said they may not support this bill. so again, the 218 votes, you are going to have to be pi partisan one way or the other. >> i think everybody assumed that when the speaker of the house and the speaker kind of deal, of course joe biden is a democrat, they're a lot of folks in the house of the senate who i think understand that this, joe biden was never going to get everything he wanted. i think republicans did pre

dusty johnson, cochair of the main street publican caucus, which is your mainstream republicans, he wants to see spending cuts as well. they were frustrated, the white house offer over the weekend increased the spending for next year instead of decreasing it. chip roy, caucus members are known for being more hard line spending. they are frustrated and they issued a statement on friday, saying they would like to see what house republicans pass in april. house republicans are watching closely. kevin burke -- kevin mccarthy does not want to lose a lot of republicans a negotiation because this is his team and he wants to bring them over the finish line. negotiations will probably go down to how many he is willing to cut loose. host: factor in the amount of days left until the date of june 1. what happens in the 10 days or so we will see? guest: it's going to be tight. house republicans in the deal in january when kevin mccarthy was becoming speaker, he scored an open process where they want to bring amendment to the floor. they have a 72 hour rule for legislation. it means if they are going t

[applause] it is now my pleasure to introduce representative dusty johnson from the great state of south dakota. [applause] rep. johnson: mr. president, for 97 days you refused to negotiate with the speaker. for 97 days, you underestimated the unity and the resolve of this conference. for 97 days you would assumed that ignoring this problem would make it go away. now we can't get back the squandered 97 days. but more concerning, sir, is the fact that you don't appear particularly committed to using the 13 days that we have left. mr. president, cancel your trip to japan. stay at the table, acknowledge the resolve of this team on these stairs, and accept the fact that we must change how this town spends. inaction and intransigence will not wipe away $32 trillion in debt. good grief, mr. president. when is enough enough? when is enough enough? shame on anyone, on anyone who refuses to act. the speaker mccarthy and this entire team have been responsible, reasonable and sensible. time is short, mr. president. let's get this done. with that i would. i am happy to introduce a great legend from

this is dusty johnson who was on cnn this weekend. >> that is kind of the amazing part to me. there were no wins for democrats and nothing after the passage that is more liberal or progressive than it is today. it is a remarkable accomplishment. >> what you say to that, brian? >> well, we respectfully disagree. since the president has come into office, and the unemployment rate was 6%, and now it is 4% which is the lowest since 1969. he has secured investments in the economy, and preserving the investments and the progress that we have made. we have done it by essentially locking in the wins that we have gotten over two years. we have to take a step back to realize we are a period of divided government, but overall, the president has an economic vision, and preserve the victories so far. >> if he is saying it is a remarkable conservative accomplishment, is that a remarkable progressive accomplishment or what kind of accomplishment, and obviously, everyone is going to speak about it, and brand it, and brand the negotations however they are going to. how are you going to look at

dusty johnson adding the last 48 hours has given him some hope that potentially they can get to a deal. but again, just to underscore, they're still pretty far apart. but the fact they're at least having these meetings is a step in the direction toward a deal. jessica dean, cnn, capitol hill. >>> a u.s. federal judge in virginia has ruled that a national ban on selling handguns to 18 to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional. the judge said that the age limits weren't consistent with the country's, quote, history and tradition and so they violate the second amendment. it's the latest legal volley over age-based firearm regulations following a supreme court ruling last year that changed how such challenges are evaluated. >>> it's expected a u.s. marine veteran will be charged in the chokehold death of a man on the new york subway. the manhattan district attorney's office says it will arrest daniel penny on a second-degree manslaughter charge. 24-year-old penny was caught on camera restraining 30-year-old jordan neely, a homeless street artist. he allegedly had been shouting on the subway and

belief that a lot of the republicans in his conference are standing behind him, and one of them dusty johnsonker, and republican from south dakota said that only thing that he wants to see is that the totality of the deal has to make sense to how the country spends and borrows, but he argued there are many ways to get there. we should take a step back, because we don't expect a resolution of the meeting, and this is really the beginning of the talks, but it is a step forward. it is important to keep in mind that house speaker kevin mccarthy wanted to pass a bill out of his own chamber and get back to the negotiating table, and now he is there. kate. >> we will standby to see what happens next. thank you, lauren. >>> and this week, donald trump is speaking directly to new hampshire voters at a cnn presidential town hall, but republican liz cheney has a message to voter right now saying that donald trump is quote a risk that america can never take again. the message is part of the minute-long attack ad paid for by cheney's pac, and the whole thing is set to broadcast here on cnn. kristen holmes

last night in the meeting you had kevin mccarthy, a lot of his lieutenants, dusty johnson who you heardrom, tom emmer, the republican whip, guy refresreschenthaler from pennsy, someone not in the talks, not in the meetings is steve scalise. the majority leader. i'm not going to suggests there's a schism between the leadership. watch to see if the entire team on the gop side votes yes. rachel: that would be news for sure. interesting stuff, chad. and again, the vote is later in the week and we shall see what happens on both sides of the aisle. thank you, chad? >> reporter: any time. rachel: we know there are radical climate activists out there. one of tactics they've been relying on is to attack precious artwork, works of art, architecture, the latest was the trevy fountain here in rome but there are other os and i had on victoria coats earlier in the show and she is concerned that none of these works of art of western civilization have been permanently damaged although it takes a lot of effort and money to restore them including the fountain. they're hoping they can do that. it's comple

i want to read you what dusty johnson told me not too long ago. he said we are too far apart on the top line number. mccarthy is holding the line. he knows where the republican conference is. the gap on top line numbers is not the only problem, but it is the biggest problem. he added we are in bad shape. i would caution here that these types of blowups and breakdowns are not uncommon in these types of negotiations. sometimes we just need to take a step back and cool off before we can come back to the table, but this is a very big set back. they were hoping to have a deal in principal by this weekend to get it on the house floor by next week. that time line is in serious question, jake. >> phil, you've got new reporting about what exactly the president's team is taking issue with inside these negotiations. >> reporter: yeah, jake. keep in mind the white house has been working on this. they've continued to push behind closed doors and the hours of negotiations between the point people on each side representing these talks and they simply view republ

to hear south dakota congressman dusty johnson. he is problem-solvers caucus chair and he has a plan or is it a hail mary pass? this problem solver is here, only here. donald trump owes e. jean carroll five million bucks. he is paying. he is appealing. does this make him less appealing as a candidate. polls don't show it. dan eberhardt might be proving that now. he is backing ron desantis, he is putting his money where his mouth is. he sees more republican donors doing the same. you follow the dough, you decide. title 42 goes away today. rio grande city mayor preparing for what could be a heck of a surge. welcome, everybody, i'm neil cavuto. so glad to have you all with us. inflation surge, not as much of a surge, not as much as we feared. the trend deemed by some to our friend, is it? to luke lloyd, carol roth whether investors have to kind of reassess what they're thinking of inflation. carol, what do you think? >> so, neil, i'm calling this the half glass of water report because you can kind of project whatever you want done. if

. >> dusty johnson is describing it as a remarkable conservative accomplishment. you disagree. is it a remarkable democrat accomplishment or corp. compromise. >> a good fair deal if a divided government that preserves a strong set of progressive accomplishments over the past 2.5 years. >> how can something be a con sieve accomplishment and a progressive one? they're opposite after all. >> i don't know. maybe the white house is engaged in a little bit of spin. republicans control, barely control, one half of one-third of government. and yet here we are with the largest ever spending reduction in american history. kayleigh, i have to say this you and i have seen plenty of debt ceiling deals in the past. did republicans ever get anything for those? even when we had unified control over the white house, the senate and the house, did we ever get a deal this good? cutting deals like this are not easy. we've managed to do it. and, i get it, the white house is going to put a happy face on it, but you are going to see the vast majority of republicans vote for this deal tomorrow. i'm goi

. >>> joining us right now south dakota republican congressman dusty johnson, who helped negotiate the deal. he chairs the republican main street caucus, which describes itself as a group of pragmatic conservatives dedicated to getting things done. that's what it says on the website. congressman, we appreciate you joining us. you have just come from the gop caucus. what are your congressmen saying and do you think it will pass the house? >> i will tell you i've talked to dozens of members in the last couple days. they've read through the 99-pang bill. i think they're excited about $2 trillion worth of savings, and they're excited about unlocking american energy with permitting reform. of course you have loud voices opposed. but welcome to washington. we don't let anything be easy around here. >> one i assume you're talking about loud and colorful, congressman bat gates, that it would be a violation of the deal speaker mccarthy made to get the gavel in the first place and would like lie trigger in his words immediate motion to vacate. do you actually think that a majority get the majori

it was telling how both speaker mccarthy and also one of his top republican negotiators on this dusty johnson characterized this bill over the last few days. here's what they said. >> there were no wins for democrats. there is nothing after the passage of this bill that would be more liberal or progressive h than it is today. it's a remarkable conservative accomplishment. >> the democrats are upset. hakeem said there is not one thing in the bill for democrats. >> do you agree with that assessment? >> look, you know, most of the briefings i have been in people talked about how much worse it could have been. i don't think that's the way to talk about a bill. we are talking about life impacting of all americans. it shouldn't be whether democrats win or republicans lost. this should be how to deliver for the american people. quite frankly, even the sound bites are beginning to bother me. we need to get back to the days where people talked, get to regular order, remember that the job we have do is protect the country that we all respect. and there are things in here that are really -- i don't know

joining us right now, south dakota republican congresswoman, dusty johnson, who helped -- describes itself as a group for pragmatic conservatives dedicated to getting things done. that's what it says on the website. congressman, i appreciate you joining us. you've just come from the meeting of the gop caucus. what are members of your party saying, do you think the bill will pass the house? >> i don't talk about what happens in republican caucus meetings. but i will tell you, that i talked to dozens of members in the last couple of days, they've read through the 99 -page bill. i think they're excited about two trillion dollars worth of savings. they're excited about unlocking american energy with real permitting reform. of course you've got some loud colorful voices opposed to it. but welcome to washington. we don't let anything be easy around here. >> one of the people i assume you're referring to loud and colorful congressman matt gaetz, made some comments earlier that if the legislation doesn't get a majority of gop votes that would be a violation of the deal that speaker mccarthy got to

and i should note there were a number of republicans we asked about chip roy's claims yesterday, dusty johnsony had no idea that that was a promise. and if it was a promise that was made, it was not shared more broadly with the republican conference, poppy. >> thank you, lauren. thanks, arlette. >>> it's called one of the strictest anti-lgbtq laws in the world. how washington has now responded to new legislation out of uganda. >>> and this -- >> new video shows a cruise ship being rocked by a storm. this happened over the weekend. the rough waters delayed the ship's return to port in charleston, south carolina. and the departure of the next voyage and people on that ship say its interior was water logged, filled with debris for days. ♪ asting the air conditioning. because the tempur-breeze feels up to o 10° cooler, all night long. for a lilimited time, save up to $500 on select tempur-pedic adjustable mattress sets. - [narrator] we just signed the lease on ourhird shop. i guess we're a chain now, right? we worked so hard to get here. my assistant went to customink.com to get our new uniforms a

dusty johnson who is a republican from south dakota, a close ally of the speaker, told me yesterday,te, the totality of the deal has to make real and substantial change to how our country spends and borrows, but johnson told me he does believe there are many ways to get there. of course, teetering on the edge of all of this is the speaker's balancing act between keeping his job and holding on to that speaker's gavel as well as ensuring that the country does not default on its debt. obviously there are some conservatives who may not be happy about any deal brokered, but we should note don't expect any major breakthroughs today. this is really the beginning of a much longer dance, sara. >> okay. we just heard from lauren fox there. they are happy to at least be at the negotiating table but the question here is will president biden negotiate and will the republicans negotiate their stance as well. what's biden's plan at this point or strategy? >> reporter: well, sara, president biden is heading into this meeting intent on holding firm for his call for a clean debt ceiling increase. he h

the fact is he believes these are negotiations that is what they are beginning and dusty johnson, anotherop member, was quoted as saying that the last 48 hours has given him some reason for hope. now, we do know that they met for about two hours and 15 minutes up here on the hill today. these were staff members from the senate, from the house and from the white house. and that they will again meet tomorrow. there is some hope there that they are at least continuing to meet. here is speaker mccarthy. listen. >> the staff has met the last two days. we think it's productive for the staff to meet again. i have not seen from there a seriousness of the white house that they want to deal. it seems like they want to default more than they want to deal. >> reporter: so again, wolf, look, it's worth underscoring there is a long way to go here. the key thing to know is they are continuing to meet, but they are still pretty far apart and there is a lot of work to be done. a reminder for everyone, the deadline june 1. >> jeremy, what's on the table pope tensionally for the white house? what are you he

i talked to dusty johnson late last week. the republicans wouldn't necessarily be opposed to that in theory but they're not going to do it for free. they will argue they did pass a bill that raises the debt ceiling and that the white house's preferred outcome a clean raise without any strings attached didn't possible. there aren't the votes for it in the house. every republican opposed, and there aren't the votes in the senate, with at 43 senate republicans saying they won't support it. enough to filibuster and block it on the senate side. a willingness to engage in some kind of negotiation, but a demand even for a short-term boost of the debt ceiling there's got to be some concessions from the white house now. >> garrett haake, monica alba, thank you very much and that's going to do it for me. "deadline: white house" starts right now. >>> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york, the violent collision of hate and easy acc

here's republican dusty johnson, who will propublica negotiated that deal, and pramila jayapal, operative the tentative agreement. >> there will be freedom caucus people who vote for this package. so, when you're saying that conservatives that have concerns, it is really the most colorful conservatives. so, some of those guys you mentioned didn't over the thing that it was a republican wish list. , limit save grow act,. those votes were never really in play. we got a. overwhelmingly, republicans in this conference are gonna support the deal. how could they not? it's a fantastic deal. >> i'm not happy with some of the things i'm hearing about. >> do they still have to worry about the progressive caucus, and whether or not your caucus will support? >> yes. >> congressman jayapal, -- >> yes they have to wear. >> with me, -- the director of the hamilton project any senior fellow in economic studies at the booking's institution. -- alencia johnson are both with me, it is good to see you all. wendy, when i hear the language around all of this, it reminds me of the early days that i spent in was

outfront now republican congressman dusty johnson.the chairman of the republican main street caucus, which is a group of more than 70 house republicans. congressman johnson, i appreciate your time. everyone should know that over the weekend, you warned that the u.s. was, quote, at real risk of default. the banks are more concerned. do you still feel the same way, that there is a real risk of default tonight? >> i think there is a real risk, but it is receding ever so slightly. the staff talks this morning, i think, went better than they had in quite a number of days. and i got the sense that the speaker and the president's conversation was also helpful. we are a long way from the end zone, but at least we're pointed in the right direction again. >> i'd like to hear more than receding ever so slightly, but it's sure better than the alternative. republicans, though, obviously have used default, the threat of a default, to secure spending cuts. so the white house has offered to cap future spending at current levels, which obviously, look

i talked to representative dusty johnson, a republican from south dakota, who said, you know, i'm not a big fan of the guy, but we have to look at the past precedent. brianna? >> lauren fox, thank you so much. thank you, as well, to evan and to paula for their reporting on this. i want to bring in carrie cordero now to talk about the legal angle of all of this. that's of course what this boiled down to, that he was there in federal court today, pleading not guilty to 13 charges. what do you make of this? >> i think the story that the justice department is telling in their indictment is one of lying, stealing, and documenting it. and so this case, because it involves bank transfers, because it involves money, because it involves filing of forms and what the justice department is alleging his false filing of forms, whether it's with the state of new york for employment benefits or whether it's with the house of representatives on his disclosure forms there, he was filing lots of documents, and according to the justice department, they were lies and they were false. and they are going to

joining me now is south dakota republican congressman and chair of the main street caucus dusty johnson. thank you so much for being with us. we keep hearing we're getting close to a deal but i just heard garrett graves say hell no to any movement on work requirements. do you know where things actually stand? >> i won't give you up to the date intelligence on how things are going in the room, but i'll talk in a broadway that work requirements continue to be a top priority for republicans because they work. and we're not talking about anybody who is pregnant or anybody who is a senior or anybody who has dependents at home or lives in an area with high unemployment or anybody who has any disabilities. we're just really talking about people who are work capable. we know that you cannot escape poverty without work. that is why it is a republican priority. >> there are lots of studies that show that she don't entirely work and that there are a lot of people who don't have consistent jobs, hourly jobs that show on paper that they are working when they are actually working or there are paperwo

representative dusty johnson, republican of south dakota was on state of thunion yesterday.e was asked about grumbling on the republican side. [video clip] >> we are hearing a lot of grumbling from your caucus. some call this a debt ceiling surrender. they said no one claiming to a can did -- to be conservative could claim a yes vote in the basic criticism is that mccarthy gave up too much and could have gotten more. what do you think of that? >> i'm the head of a group of 75 pragmatic conservatives who are called the mainstreet caucus. there will be freedom caucus people who vote for this package so when you say the conservatives have concerns, it is really the most colorful conservatives. some of those guys didn't vote for the thing when it was a republican wish list. those votes were never really in play. we get that but overwhelmingly come republicans in this congress will support the deal. it is a fantastic deal. >> how many votes will you get and how many can you afford to lose? >> we are starting the process now. i talked to between two and three dozen republican memb

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however, the chair of the main street republicans caucus, congressman dusty johnson of south dakota,end. >> given the enormity of the economic projected calamity, you feel confident today this will get to president biden's desk? >> i am absolutely confident. i've talked to dozens of members. the strongest argument against this thing is that it isn't perfect. i don't know, gang, welcome to humanity, right? any negotiation, nobody gets everything they want. we cannot let perfect be the enemy of the good. i guarantee you, the majority of the house is going to agree. >> jonathan lemire, i've seen "you've got mail" so many times that i was made fun of for watching it so much. tearing up at the end when tom hanks comes around with the dog. sorry, you have to tear up. >> totally. >> i've seen this movie before. this is -- the consequences of not passing this are so devastating, they always come together at the end. i know there's some people saying they're going to do everything, but what are you hearing in washington? what are you hearing on the hill? is this going to, in fact, pass this w

dusty johnson, cochair of the main street publican caucus, which is your mainstream republicans, he wantsending cuts as well. they were frustrated, the white house offer over the weekend increased the spending for next year instead of decreasing it. chip roy, caucus members are known for being more hard line spending. they are frustrated and they issued a statement on friday, saying they would like to see what house republicans pass in april. house republicans are watching closely. kevin burke -- kevin mccarthy does not want to lose a lot of republicans a negotiation because this is his team and he wants to bring them over the finish line. negotiations will probably go down to how many he is willing to cut loose. host: factor in the amount of days left until the date of june 1. what happens in the 10 days or so we will see? guest: it's going to be tight. house republicans in the deal in january when kevin mccarthy was becoming speaker, he scored an open process where they want to bring amendment to the floor. they have a 72 hour rule for legislation. it means if they are going to pass som