one of the things i will communicate to the white house is it's not clear to me that the extreme maga republicans in the house are having discussions in good faith. it does appear increasingly likely that house republicans -- want a dangerous default. they want to crash the economy. they want to trigger a job killing recession. it is my hope that five republicans from new york, or california, or other moderate districts throughout the country can prove me wrong. prove us wrong. and now they have an opportunity to do so. just five. finding a discharge petition that could end this madness right now. reporter: mr. leader, we heard from speaker mccarthy a lot, he spoken to us a dozen times since monday. i wonder if it would be helpful at all to hear from president biden more in these negotiations? mr. jeffries: the president spoke today, on the one-year anniversary of the tragic mass killing of precious children. it is my expectation that if republicans continue to play games with the american economy. threaten default, and drive us into a very did your -- a very dangerous situation that we will begi

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we heard that 95% of the housework of lincoln -- the house republican congress supported the resolution. that appears to not be the case. but we are also committed to making sure that it occurs and that the republicans keep their promise to produce 150 votes. the speaker has not asked me for a number. >> are you committed to passing it if they are unable to do so? >> i expectation is that house republicans will keep their commitments to produce at least two thirds of their conference which is approximately 150 votes. democrats are committed to making sure that we do our part and avoid a default. >> the speaker has said that -- >> i outlined three broad areas that president biden is to be commended around in terms of the democratic priorities and most importantly which are good for the american people. avoiding a devastating default and the crashing of our economy is good for the american people and getting out of this hostagetaking -- hostagetaking situation and suspending the debt ceiling until the early part of 2025 is good for the american people. taking social security, medicare, me

house republicans are doing it. we have a bill that would get control and we are passing the bill to fix the problem. we are passing the legislation that we promised the american people we would do. we simply pass an energy bill that made us energy independent and we did but we said we pass the bill and immigration enforcement border security bill and we did today. we make this job way too complicated. what did you tell the voters you're going to do and put your name on the ballot and you ran for office. if they elect you house republicans and their leaders republicans and the their leaders at the speaker mccarthy are doing exactly that and the key is we have to continue that for the rest of this congress and make the american people understand we are representative them at this critical time in american history and with that ideal to the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. [applause] >> we all knew this day would be here we will not ignore the problem. that was our commitment to america. with that i will take ques

house republicans created this cry sthairks can end it. last offramp from this highway to hell. the overwhelming majority of americans done want the far right driving our national agenda. responsible republicans need to come to the table for the american people, not skip one to the maga extremists. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, let's shed light on the republican's broken promises to our veterans. i have the privilege of serving as ranking member of the normally bipartisan military construction and veteran affairs committee. ms. wasserman schultz: however this year republicans plan to slash care. the pact act create the toxic ex-oh powe sures fund. it ensures that money to treat toxic exposures will always be set aside and not have to compete with other issues. president biden honored this promise by calculating

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 something this week, they needed on the floor by tuesday, tomorrow. which is rapidly approaching. that does not begin to outline the senate -- if they come back tuesday, they have two days to pass something which is a hard lift in the senate. it is going to be intense. 10 days is hard to get anything to congress. it is hard with the three-day weekend. we could see recesses, they cou

>> i rise today in opposition to house republicans holding our economy hostage and 20 to slash billions of dollars from veterans services and benefits in return for maintaining the full faith and credit of the united states. republicans are delivering a one-two punch to veterans. first there default on america act was/$30 million from veterans services. it would cut 81,000 jobs from the veterans health administration. they can say whatever they want but this is what they voted for. the republicans just released a bill to get the health care funding to toxic exposed veterans in the pack act. what about instead of cuts to veteran services and benefits reduce our deficit by ending tax loopholes for the ultra-wealthy and ensuring the largest corporations pay their fair share? as democrats are united in opposition to veterans funding cuts and we will not go back on the progress we've made. as will go into this memorial day, we must do better. let's keep our promises to our veterans. thank you and i yelled back. >> for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? with

. >> our republican house friends care about that sporadically with republican paired -- presidents passing huge for the corporations adding trillions to the debt. more than $7 trillion of debt was added under president trump and almost $3 trillion added under president george w. bush. the last two republican presidents. they seek to cause chaos. they seek to cause chaos. not coincidentally, the eccentric and secretive billionaires and polluting industries who are the republican party's funders whose stated goal is to destroy the so-called administrative state, the agencies that protect regular people against powerful polluters and special interests. the parties funders, chief among them, the fossil fuel industry, demand rewards. 275 out of 315 pages of the dirty default on america bill are devoted to giveaways to the fossil fuel industry. 275 out of 315 pages. what is the history here? since bill clinton took office 30 years ago, congress has raised or suspended the debt limit on 24 separate occasions, 14 times under democratic president, 10 times under republican president. we have raised

weighed in on the talks between speaker mccarthy and president biden by calling for action from house republicans and being critical of the gop's negotiation tactics. >> that is a conversation i will at the white house have. what is clear to me is they -- house republicans have rejected that because they want to impose draconian cuts on the american people. >> the speaker has said they want to go back to before the june level. will house democrats reject any proposal that reduces spending low this year's level? >> the proposal as i understand it that president biden has offered house republicans is to freeze spending at current fiscal year levels. that is an inherently reasonable place to be and the extreme maga republicans have rejected it. >> will you accept it? >> what i would like to see is what is in president biden's budget proposal which is to increase investments in the health and safety and economic well-being of the american people to protect and strengthen social security, to build an economy that works for everyday americans but the extreme maga republicans have rejected that. what ha

speaker mccarthy and house republicans had been negotiating in terms of the house and senate in this context. as catherine clark indicated the expectation that at minimum, house republicans will produce two thirds of their conference to support a resolution that they negotiated after driving the country into a hostage taking situation on the brink of default, 150 votes. is what house republicans need to do, but what they agreed to do in terms of getting bill over the finish line. house democrats will make sure the country does not default, but we will be responsible stewards of the economy and we will not let middle-class americans, working families aspire to be part of the middle class, be hurt by the dangerous gop manufactured default. we will not let that happen. at the same time, it's important for house republicans to do their part in supporting a resolution that they themselves negotiated. i didn't say that. we are unified in avoiding a default, unified as relates to how the country is in this situation and unified behind the leadership that president biden has. >> the skill se

. >> house speaker kevin mccarthy mccarthy and other republican members held a press conference from capitol hill after the house passed border security legislation by a vote of 219-213. the bill passed ahead of the midnight expiration of title 42. speaker mccarthy gave comments on the impending debt limit deadline. on c-span2. >> just been. pay attention. all right, moments ago house republicans passed the strongest border security bill the country has ever seen. the bill secures the border from president biden's record crossing, record carelessness, kale. securing the border is one of the top priorities and it is the priorities of the leaders behind. i want to jim jordan, mark green, elise the funny and argue a special thanks to steve salinas, not only did he pass the bill on the floor but he's been working two years to educate, leading some to the border and working on the task force. i want to thank every member. this is not something easy to do. house republicans focus on addressing carnations biggest challenge. by contrast, the white house has had two years to plan for the end o

what is clear to me is they -- house republicans have rejected that because they want to impose draconian cuts on the american people. >> the speaker has said they want to go back to before the june level. will house democrats reject any proposal that reduces spending low this year's level? >> the proposal as i understand it that president biden has offered house republicans is to freeze spending at current fiscal year levels. that is an inherently reasonable place to be and the extreme maga republicans have rejected it. >> will you accept it? >> what i would like to see is what is in president biden's budget proposal which is to increase investments in the health and safety and economic well-being of the american people to protect and strengthen social security, to build an economy that works for everyday americans but the extreme maga republicans have rejected that. what has been reasonable is what president biden has put on the table and that has been rejected because apparently house republicans have said we will accept nothing short of their extreme default on america. >> you are say

america act would not have passed the house of representatives without the support of george santos, who was the deciding vote and perhaps that explains why my republican colleagues have failed to take any action to remove someone who is clearly unfit to serve in the people's house. reporter: you said before you and kevin mccarthy are friends and text a lot. have you had any conversations with george santos and to expel one of their own? any sort of discussion with the speaker about any support you would give regarding george santos? mr. jeffries: not recently, but i have made it clear both to speaker mccarthy and others that i find the whole george santos thing an untenable situation. it's beyond the pale. he lied himself into the united states house of representatives separate and apart from the serious indictment that came down this week, separate and apart from the criminal indictment. reasonable people back at home in new york and throughout america have already concluded the guy does not belong in a separate and co-equal branch of government at the highest level here in the united states of america. that is not an extreme position. that should be

house republicans created this cry sthairks can end it. last offramp from this highway to hell. the overwhelming majority of americans done want the far right driving our national agenda. responsible republicans need to come to the table for the american people, not skip one to the maga extremists. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, let's shed light on the republican's broken promises to our veterans. i have the privilege of serving as ranking member of the normally bipartisan military construction and veteran affairs committee. ms. wasserman schultz: however this year republicans plan to slash care. the pact act create the toxic ex-oh powe sures fund. it ensures that money to treat toxic exposures will always be set aside and not have to compete with other issues. president biden honored this promise by calculating

now, speaker mccarthy and the house republicans had been negotiating for in terms of both the house and senate, in this context. so as katherine clark indicated it's our expectation that at minimum, at minimum house republicans will produce 2/3 of their conference to support the resolution that they negotiated after driving the country into a hostage taking situation on the brink of default. 150 votes. is what house republicans need to produce, consistent with what they agreed to do in terms of getting this bill over the finish line. house democrats are going to make sure that the country does not default. period. full stop. we will continue to be responsible stewards of our economy. and we will not let middle class americans, working families, those who aspire to be part of the middle class, seniors, veterans. we will not let a default happen. at the same time it is important for house republicans to do their part in supporting a resolution that they themselves negotiated. reporter: you are saying on unifying -- mr. jeffries: i didn't say that. i said we are unified in avoiding a defau

because house republicans have chosen to try and hold our economy, our small businesses, everyday americans hostage to unreasonable ransom demands that many of their members continue to put in the public domain. extreme maga republican position continues to be for many of their members that we need draconian cuts to medicaid, for disabled children and seniors throughout the country. we need draconian cuts to education, draconian cuts to health care, draconian cuts to law enforcement, draconian cuts to homeland security. and draconian cuts to food and nutrition programs that benefit millions of food-insecure americans. that's the default on america act and that's the position that many extreme maga republicans continue to articulate throughout the week. take it or leave it. essentially saying to the american people that there are only two options on the table as far as the right-wing extreme ideologues see it. the default on america act that will be devastating for millions of everyday americans across the country, or default. which would have catastrophic consequences for the economy, trigg

[indiscernible] >> it is our expectation that house republicans will keep their promise and deliver at least 150 votes as it relates to an agreement that they themselves negotiated. with the white house. >> is that a no? >> house democrats will make sure that the country does not default. >> what message does it send -- that the only way this is going to get past -- >> from the very -- beginning president biden make clear the only way to avoid catastrophic default was to find a bipartisan solution moving forward that allows for common ground to be found. i am thankful that president biden has been able to raise that veto and present a resolution that will avoid a default. and protect incredibly important democratic interests. >> some of complain that the white house have disrupted this process and this deal sort of in principle will emerge [indiscernible] -- [indiscernible] more clear going forward now that the white house has made a deal. >> i think you're talking about two different things. there were issues as it relates to whether the white house was communicating in a very public

house republicans focus on addressing carnations biggest challenge. by contrast, the white house has had two years to plan for the end of title 42 safely new the deadline but the white house but no plan, this is fumbles into another crisis. even president biden is only been to the border one time in 50 years says there's going to be chaos for a little while. the white house keeps missing deadlines, i want you to know how we identified the problem rather than ignoring it, we listened to the american people and then took action. numerous members of our conference last four years traveling to the border, not just to meet with four agents. it didn't matter. schools had to be closed. i remember law enforcement as i knew there telling a story of she can't go outside, another. it is the manner in which we all would. she was on her way to retirement, retiring them all those years and spent time with grandchildren to travel the country because the border was not secure we have the committee to gather your information but to travel to the border itself, you're g

we want to play this from ten minutes ago, 15 minutes ago, sounds like a solid shot against house republicans. >> there is no constituency in this nation that's supporting -- that supports threatening to kill millions of jobs unless the v.a. is gutted except apparently extreme maga republicans, house republicans to be more specific. >> bill: your response on that. >> she was ok until she did the house republicans. there is no basis anywhere to not remember those men and women who have served and who we owe so much to, and the speaker's initiative, i voted for, does just that. we maintain levels that were extraordinary. adjust appropriately nor inflation. the fact is, they are using hyperbole rather than having a genuine meeting, they are claiming they will have a meeting but telling us it's not on the subject most important. i will say that. the speaker will go, the speaker will undoubtedly bring with him the facts of what we passed and that is the starting point until we hear or see the senate's action. >> sandra: congressman, thanks so much for joining us. so, we are all listening together,

and then, we were waiting for house republicans to produce their budget. and in early march, they failed to produce their budget. mid-march, failed to produce their budget. end of march, failed to produce their budget. early april, failed to produce their budget. mid-april, failed to produce their budget. then on april 25, they don't produce a budget. they produce the default on america act. a ransom note with extreme cuts that will hurt veterans, military, families, and everyday americans. they pass it on april 26 with george santos, serial fraudster, being the deciding vote. on april 27, they get out of town. in fact, many of them were overseas. don't come back into town until the second tuesday of may, which is the very day that joe biden convened the four legislative leaders in the oval office. it's a fiction to believe that president biden has not been engaging in conversations with the other side of the aisle. he did it at the earliest possible moment. this is a republican talking point that is not anchored in any reality. so, yes, i believe the pres

house republicans have a 72 hour rule in place, making wednesday at the earliest. but the house is expected to vote on this wednesday or thursday then move it to the senate, where things can get more authority. individual senators can drag things out a little bit. but with the threat of default in the week after this upcoming week hanging over the heads of the senate, i would expect there to be some kind of agreement to move this forward. especially when it becomes clear it will have votes to pass. host: how long do think it will be before this bill is on president biden's desk? guest: i think we will see it on the president's desk may be june 4, sunday before june 5 x date or sometime early the next week. yellen has said he would be playing with fire a little bit if you get into that week, but i think the expectation is markets will see the deal and realize the u.s. will be -- the debt ceiling will be raised and there is not too much to worry about after we get through the procedural back and forth we see anytime there is a major agreement like this. host: final qu

but house republicans have. for all the posturing on the other side of the aisle, i would remind everyone that house republicans are the only ones who have taken up concrete action to avoid default. at present biden's refusal to negotiate for so long was what brought us so close to the bank of a catastrophic default in the first place. but having said all that, today we are bringing a bill to the floor that will resolve this crisis. this bill is the result of negotiatations between president biden -- negotiations between president biden and house republicans. it is not a perfect bill but it does represent a compromise between the administration and congress that's necessary in divided government. nobody got everything they wanted. but the end result is a truly historic bill. consider what the bill does, mr. speaker. it responsibly lifts the debt ceiling through january 1, 2025. in exchange it also puts in place a series of fiscal reforms that will save taxpayers money. for the first time in history we are pairin

who now is the indicted george santos, republican member of the house of representatives. kevin mccarthy said and indictment like that is a perfectly okay thing for a republican member of the house to have and there will be no consideration of any changes and george santos's membership in the house until the jury convicts him. unt>> at this, when george sans remains a critical member of the house republican conference. and to your point, lawrence, in terms of that extreme bill that was passed that the fault on america act by house republicans, i believe it was on april 26, george santos was the deciding vote. that's how central he is to policymaking for house republicans at this particular point in time. it's unfortunate that this is someone who was unqualified, unfit to serve. everybody understood this. and yet he was allowed to be seated, initially given committee assignments, and remains welcome with open arms in the house republican conference. hopefully, we will start to see some actual accountability undertaken related to george santos, but i'm not gonna hold my breat

according to house republicans, a company called robinson walker l.l.c., a business established by an associate of hunter biden received $3 million from a company connected to a romanian businessman. the republicans claim they have evidence that payments were then funneled from robinson walker to the biden family. if it looks and sounds complicated it was intentionally made to be complicated. >> did not share any evidence that any payments went directly into the pockets of joe biden. the white house, fighting back, spokesman ian sam's tweeting comer has asked for a single joe biden policy they believe has been unduly influenced. he cannot name a single one, incredible. also on capitol hill, the fbi missed a noon deadline to turn over what republicans claim is a document that may show then vice president biden accepted money for a policy decision. the fbi form in question is called a 1023. a form that records an interview with a source. >> i also understand very much, as i think you do, the importance of us protecting sources and methods in ongoing investigations. >> and, bret, the fbi

i can tell you that number is more than 30 house republicans, 40, 50 house republicans who don't thinkhe white house and treasury claim. i don't know if that's reality. i would say it's are probably not reality but the extent to which they're willing to push this to the brink is under appreciated by the white house, i think, and the composition of this house republican conference is also under appreciated and under estimated by this white house. >> i mean, tim, if people see the borrowing costs for the u.s. go up, if people start to see the stock market tank, their 401(k)s dive, those house republicans aren't necessarily going to be proud necessarily of going over that cliff for the first time. >> that might be a kind of pain that's required to get some of these folks on board. there's just not like the zealot ri that you have in this house caucus, this is not yesterday's republican party. there's been a big turnover of the types of folks that would work in negotiations, and there's a small group of republicans that are in things like the problem solvers caucus, but the market of the c

house. people are going to lose their healthcare. for what? because the republicans have taken over. >> here's the time. it's doubtful the house could vote on a bill till next week. they need a dill can it bill of democrats and republicans and that gets us to early june. >> neil: chad, thank you. now to jacqui heinrich at the white house an how they're addressing this. >> the treasury began reaching out to federal agencies to see if they can postpone any payments in june, which would effectively push back the x date and buy more time for congress and the white house to work out a deal. the white house says they're not coordinating with treasury on that front. treasury says they have not asked for any payments to be postponed. this outreach is necessary to accurateliest mate what the date is that the country will run out of money and time is of course narrowing here. house republican negotiators are at the white house still trying to hammer out an agreement. speaker mccarthy says he may keep his members in session to vote, if necessary, even though most have memorial

i would expect democrats do not have the support from house republicans at that point. senator schumer and minority leader are preparing these backup plans at the moment. both sides are very dug in we haven't seen moderate republicans think this is something we need to start considering. it doesn't benefit either side at this point but a petition is one option to force a vote on a debt ceiling increase. it would require republican support, it could take a really long time it's not really an option that's been considered but it is an option. host: tell me who you are watching out for today and who are the people to watch today in the next few days. guest: we have to watch the white house for one to see if they are willing to engage at all on some sort of spending cuts or spending negotiation, you know, in messaging this meeting up until now biden administration had said that they are hoping to talk about government funding separately from debt ceiling negotiations. they have been really clear they want to keep this separate. they don't want to tie any kind of spending cap

but this will be briefed to the members of the house republican conference. r briefing at 9:30 p.m. eastern. this is part of the beginning of the republican effort to sell their members on this plan and tamp down dissension coming from the right flank of the conference. kevin mccarthy's challenge is to keep the majority of his republicans in line. the republicans don't want to bring the bill to a floor that doesn't have the vote of the majority of the conference. they are pushing that tonight. but there is questioning on the democratic side of the aisle. many democrats did not want to give in as far as the white house appears to have given in to the republicans in order to get the deal to raise the debt ceiling. and the question is going to be how many democratic votes come over and support this to get it through the house? that will be a challenge for the white house in the days ahead. and then there is a question about getting it to the united states senate in a timely fashion. all huge questions are looming over washington. but the huge development tonight

house republicans are saying don't do that. that would save half a trillion dollars. the white house doesn't want to do it. they want everything exactly as they want it. the president needs to engage. >> dana: the abc poll showed this, asking who would people blame if default does happen? 39% say they blame republicans. biden 36%. that's evenly split. you have this meeting with biden tomorrow. do you think something comes out of that. >> i sure hope so. it is a negotiation between biden and kevin mccarthy with house republicans. the president has known that for weeks. only now is he meeting. he is meeting also with schumer and mcdonnell. it is between he and mccarthy. he has to engage and show leadership. >> bill: do you think the white house was surprised that republicans were able to pass what they actually did? >> i don't know if they were surprised but it points to a dynamic. he has got to get something with mccarthy that can pass the house republicans. if they were surprised, it shows you that my gosh, they had house republicans voting for a debt ceiling increase

for all the house republicans and senate republicans who think that he has or want to give him a way out, i just think that was really revealing moment. >> that gets you into the trump paradox. you can tell he has a strong grip on the republican party. you can also tell by the things he said, many of the thins he said might help him, as offensive as they might be to other people, might help him in the primary. to jump perform in 2022, including a jury in new york found donald trump liable for sexually abusing e. jean carroll, found donald trump liable for defaming her. we know donald trump has had a huge problem with women voters. the republican party suffered because of donald trump's problems. kaitlan collins had a question. >> a jury of nine people found you liable of sexual abuse. do you think that that will deter women from voting for you? >> no, i don't think so. just so you understand, i never met this woman. >> what kind of a woman meets somebody and brings them up and within minutes you're playing hanky panky in a dressing room. i don't know if she was married then or not. i

house republicans, we went to the negotiating table. for 100 days there was no action from the white house. there was the sole voice in the conversation about our country and we came back with legislation that we have before us today as my colleagues have pointed out it represents the largest reduction to our nation's deficit in history. this legislation includes $2 trillion in cuts to government spending. a halt to the biden administration's aggressive expansion of the i.r.s. that could be targeted right at middle class america. a clawback of $28 billion in unspent covid funds from the boondoggle legislation the democrats and president biden spent the last two years enacting into law. causing historic inflation that hurt so many americans. a restoration of accountability and work requirements to safety net programs that ensure that they give americans a hand up not a permanent government dependency. we have an opportunity today to ensure that any increase in the debt ceiling comes with important provisions and put the brakes on some of

republican strategist. let's get into. this, david will this pass the house? es to get on board? >> no to the latter, particularly in the republican congress. it will pass the house once the principle of biden mccarthy have agreed. what we're seeing right now is the vote counting. when president biden says that he has a 3:00 all with a democratic congress, it is to get more votes on board, because democratic votes will be needed. mccarthy had a call with his caucus last night. ultimately, in the big picture, lindsey, this debt limit, the substance of it will really be going out with a whimper. there is not a lot there from mccarthy to get excited about, and honestly, a huge win for joe biden. democratic priorities around medicaid, infrastructure, the environment, the iris, student loan debt, all of those remain largely untouched. spending will continue to rise from those federal programs. mccarthy, right, now he knows that he will lose a good part of the congress. it's not about supporting the votes with the debt limit bill, or speaker, sorry, for the speaker.