jeffries: house democrats reached an agreement on behalf of the american people with house republicans that is bipartisan in nature, comprehensive, solves problems for hardworking american taxpayers, and delivers real results. house democrats are going to continue to fight for families, farmers, and the future of working class americans. and in order to do that the best path forward is the bipartisan agreement that we negotiated. reporter: whip clark, given the slim margins in the house. given there is so much uncertainty, is the leadership team concerned about attendance this weekend, making sure members are in town to vote on any type of legislation that may come forward? ms. clark: we are going to be here and stand together as democrats to make sure the american people get what they need out of this. that is our focus. yes, fundamentally this is a difficult time for people, but what's really hard is you are already struggling to pay your bills, and all of a sudden the aid for your small business that you thought was coming is going to not come because elon musk and donald trump deci

, by very tiny margin, and donald trump knows he will not be able to get every republican in the house and every republican in the senate to vote for a debt ceiling increase next year, even though donald trump knows he needs one. so he now actually publicly calls on democrats to do it for him today. raising the debt ceiling beyond the end of joe biden's administration is one of the brilliant tactical accomplishments of president biden as a negotiator with congress. a republican house of representatives agreed to do that for joe biden. we reported on that negotiation in detail on this program. it was one of the stunning negotiating triumphs of president biden and his budget staff that was not well understood at the time but donald trump really understands it tonight for the first time. donald trump understands that joe biden brilliantly extended the debt ceiling beyond the end of his own term in the presidency in such a way that donald trump will not be able to cut taxes for billionaires next year without a debt ceiling increase. donald trump's sudden panic today about the debt ceiling

to 38 republican members of the house. elon musk's threats and his billions meant nothing to 38 republican members of the house. so far elon musk has failed at every public lobbying attempt he has made since the presidential election. elon musk told republican senators who they must vote for for majority leader next year, and republican senators said no . elon musk, the candidate, came in third in the election for the republican majority leader of the senate. elon musk's support meant nothing to republican senators. elon musk was part of the group that hatched the brilliant idea of having matt gaetz for attorney general. elon musk lobbied publicly for matt gaetz to be confirmed as attorney general. in elon musk lost badly in that lobbying effort. and then yesterday, elon musk decided to tell the republican speaker of the house and the republican members of the house of representatives that the bill that they negotiated to pass the house, passed the senate, and be signed by president biden was no good. so speaker johnson, in

house republicans, house democrats, senate republicans, and senate democrats reached a bipartisan agreement to fund the government, keep it open, and meet the needs of the american people. we reached a bipartisan agreement to provide disaster assistance to everyday americans whose lives have been upended and turned upside down as a result of hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, and other types of extreme weather events. we reached a bipartisan agreement to meet the needs of the american people and provide assistance to farmers, families, children, seniors, veterans, men and women in uniform, and working-class americans. house republicans have now unilaterally decided to break a bipartisan agreement that they need. house republicans have been ordered to shut down the government and hurt every day americans all across this country. house republicans will now own any harm that is visited upon t the american people that results from a government shutdown or worse. an agreement is an agreement. it was bipartisan n and there i nothing more to say. >> an agreement is an agreement. until elon

three dozen republican members of the house, 38 republican members of the house of representatives said no to elon musk. 38 republican members of the house said no to donald trump. after having their political futures threatened by both donald trump and elon musk, trump and musk said that anyone who voted against this deal should be knocked out of office in the next election. they threatened the political lives of those 38 members of the house. donald trump threatened republicans who didn't vote for this bill today, saying they, quote, should be primaried and disposed of as quickly as possible." donald trump has never been more directly and personally threatening to republicans than he was today, and donald trump t lost. donald trump's threats meant nothing to 38 republican members of the house. elon musk's threats and his billions meant nothing to 38 republican members of the house. so far elon musk has failed at every public lobbying attempt he has made since the presidential election. elon musk told republican senators who they must vote for for majority leader next year, and republi

the house republicans said they were going to protect social security and medicare, and so did their presidential nominee. and now we learn after the election that house republicans are planning to try to cut medicare and social security, and ended as we know it. house republicans said before the election that they were focused on improving the quality of life of working-class americans that after the election they are focused on tax cuts for the wealthy, the well-off, and the well-connected. for years up until this election the incoming president-elect has said that we will build the wall in mexico will pay for it. but now after the election house republicans are planning to use the budget reconciliation process to force everything americans and hard-working taxpayers to pay for their so-called border wall. we all support on the democratic side a strong, a safe, and a secure border. we have a broken immigration system, and we need to fix it. we need to enhance our border security. and we need to do it in a sensible, bipartisan way, and democrats are prepared to do just that. >> in t

relief for families who are struggling and those talks are going really well not only amongst house republican, house -- senate republicans, but also the trump administration. and trump officials in the transition team have been part of those conversations because we want to make sure the day we start in january, president trump's policies are going to be front and center. the things that we all campaigned on. it wasn't just president trump who talked about those things as he did. we talked about those too. and the good news is, we got elect and we got a mandate from the american people who want to see a secure border. who want to see lower costs. who want to see us finally confront the problems that biden and harris created. we're going to do just that. the work has already started. we can't wait until january to not only take office but as we're preparing, we're doing that work already today here leading that effort for us is our speaker, mike johnson. mr. johnson: thank you, steve. good morning to all of you. i was here until late last night about 13 hours ago, all these seats were filled w

that's why we are here at the last hour and at this moment house republican leadership still has no planthey just returned to the bipartisan agreement that they walked away from 48 hours ago. >> let me ask about elon musk. we talked with a republican congressman in the last hour and i asked him specifically does elon musk have a place in these negotiations? i will read to you what dusty johnson said. he said when you've got somebody who is a brilliant disruptor and innovator we should be willing to hear from him, but it's not like we have never been in this position before so what do you think the influence of elon musk is and what do you think the chances are that in the next nine or 10 hours something gets done? >> what i would say based on the evidence of the last 48 to 72 hours is elon musk is the leader of republicans on capitol hill because speaker mike johnson announced had reached a bipartisan agreement, elon musk took to twitter and after six or seven hours of nonstop tweeting against the agreement, house republicans flip-flopped and suddenly pulled the bill from the floor. inte

house republicans that are in the majority. the house, our institute in congress, our constitutional system. i wanted to make sure that they knew that that was why i was making those decisions and the best decisions i made when i announced them. my colleagues booed me and it was an it told me that there was still so much emotion that they could not think through the next rational decision. so when i came back after being booed the first time i. the person who was most angry with me about that, approached me and thanked me for sending us home for the weekend to cool off. the next time i got booed, i said to them at the end of the booing, you know, the it seems like whenever i make a you know, you know, when i get whenever i get booed by you, it turns out it's one of my best decisions. so thank you for the booing. i'll see you next week. so, you know, i have a sense of humor about this place, too. and i have enough relationships that i across the house republicans that are that i think most knew my sincerity in this doesn't mean

well, house republicans can thank the guy that many of them credit for helping them win the house majorityr making it even harder because donald trump is taking house republicans to be in his administration. he started with matt gaetz, picked him to be his attorney general. that nomination or effort failed catastrophically, as was expected. but gaetz gaetz resigned. that's minus one republican. what about elise stefanik, a close ally, new york republican, donald trump's pick to be an ambassador. she's expected to be confirmed by the senate. that's minus two republicans. and michael waltz, national security adviser for trump. he doesn't have to be confirmed at all. he will start on day one with the administration. that means three house republicans won't be there for a period of months, likely. which means if you do the math, take 220 minus three and this is where you end up 217 to 215. if you thought losing two votes was the maximum, and that would be complicated, try losing barely won. that would be borderline suffocation for any republican leader and historically difficult moment for hou

. >> next, house republican leaders brief reporters on their agenda, including their bill that cuts $20 billion from the department of defense and improved housing for military service members. speaker johnson says he looks forward to the bill coming to the floor for a vote later in the week. >> thank you for being here today. this week we bring to the floor the quality of life improvement and national defense authorization act, the ndaa. this improves life for military families. the quality of life of our service members and our national security capabilities. the ndaa supports the deployment of national guard to the important southern border, deters china, combats anti-semitism, cuts inefficient programs and bureaucracy and guts woke policies at the d.o.d. it cares for service members and seeks to improve quality of life by improving housing, better access to child care, support for spouses and much more. house republicans take our responsibility to provide for our service members and our families seriously and look forward to working with president trump and his administration to sec

powering possibilities™. >>> house republicans now hatching a new plan 12 ho before the deadline. g behind closed doors to discuss the details after dozens of republicans last night voted down a trump back spending deal. the

house republicans are back for another week, working hard to set the stage for unified republican government next year. first when we go through our swearing in and then the inauguration. americans can expect significant results from progrowth and profamily policy. that will be the focus we've had , we had that focus every stage of the last seven years and we've seen from the work we did in 2017 that has been extremely successful for those two concepts to have a progrowth, profamily policy setting place. addressing wasteful government spending and looking out for our main street businesses to craft the tax policies we know work better for hard-working families and americans from coast-to-coast. i'm excited about the work we are accomplishing and what we will are chiefly when we work with president trump and the senate. without al handed over to our majority whip. his approach to her capital markets was lawless, self-interested and objectively destructive. these been an incompetent cop on the beat pushing american firms into the hands of the chinese common is party and will undoubtedly go dow

i think it can cause real problems for whoever is leaving the house republican congress next year. hat - congress next year. it's interesting that hakim jeffries pointed out, that division among republicans for the what you read into that, does that tell us everything about what could lie ahead in the months to come?— to come? democrats are very eater to come? democrats are very eager to — to come? democrats are very eager to point _ to come? democrats are very eager to point out _ to come? democrats are very eager to point out all - to come? democrats are very eager to point out all of - to come? democrats are very eager to point out all of the l eager to point out all of the fissures exposed in the house republican conference. i think it's a real dynamic moving forward. you have a number of house republicans in purple districts, may be slightly more liberal leaning districts who just one tough fight and eager to be reelected for another term who do not want to be seen as agents of dysfunction, do not want to be seen voting for spending cuts, do not want to be seen as driving the n

so house republicans right now are trying to come up with a new plan that they think can get the support of the house. that said, democrats are pretty clear at this point, they are not on board, they had an agreement. that is what they wanted to go with, and it will be difficult to see how to move forward at this point. at the end of the day, we will have to wait to see what democrats decide to do and these deadlines are so close to christmas, which is really motivating them to get out of here. host: aiden quigley for cq roll call, you can find his work online. thank you for getting up with us this morning. caller: thank you. host: we will take your calls. our question for the first half-hour is your comments essentially on being 1.5 days away from a potential government shutdown, and we start with doug , ohio, independent. caller: -- good morning morning and merry christmas. i would like to say president musk and vice president trump have got it bad this time if you think about it. the only people who will suffer are the poor people in either one of them know what that is. and the congr

he told the house republicans vote for this. me for two years and, what, right now we have 33 republicans who have defied the president. now, what would happen if a senator defied him on one of his nominees for a cabinet position? he has already promised primaries. is he going to do the same thing for the house members that don't care what he wants? i mean, why is it good for a senator to be primaried and not a house member? we only have one president-elect. and his name ain't elon and it ain't vivek. [laughter] >> bret: okay, chip roy has been on the back end of some criticism from the president-elect. and he stood up today in this debate and pretty much excoriated his fellow republicans. i think we have that soundbite. chip roy. >> you never have any ounce of self-respect to go out and campaign saying you are going to balance the budget and then you come in here and pass $110 billion unpaid for. i think this bill is better than it was yesterday on certain respects. but to take this bill, to take this bill yesterday and congratu

the incoming trump white house and the republican-led united states house of representatives. mr. speaker, c.r.'s are not ideal. they are not preferred. but come the new year, we will begin a new era of regular order. as well, i expect we will be working in a concerted manner for the next four years to borrow a phrase, make america great again. as we are all aware, the vacuum of leadership from the current white house has been filled already by the incoming white house. the trump doge team also proved to be consequential, mr. speaker, rooting out unnecessary provisions throughout this government funding process, streamlining bloated legislation and exposing it to the american people. which resulted in a better, leaner deal. and a reduction of pages in the bill from 1,547 to 118. a huge reduction, all done in trump time. this legislation delivers responsible disaster relief, targeted spending reductions, an agreement to address the debt ceiling and avoids a government shutdown. our work will reflect the will of the people to carry out the america-first agenda. we must deliver resul

and that's what that's the republicans are in charge in the house. they have to initiate the spending bill that gets us this ongoing resolution to keep the government open. those are just the laws. and right now, the republicans can't get their act together to make that happen. >> and you don't think that president biden should weigh in? >> do you think he's going to help the republicans negotiate a deal? i just i don't see where that comes from. >> well, just necessarily more on like, what his party should do, how democrats should handle this, their view of this. >> we are handling this. we are saying to the republicans, we spent months negotiating a deal with you, and there are parts in it that we didn't like. there are parts in it you didn't like. that's the nature of legislation in this place. but we actually cut a deal that's going to be the continuing resolution keeps the government open until next march, so you can get yourselves organized when you own the house, the senate and the white house. and you can put the full budget on the table. that

it was a republican-drafted bill that was posted by house republicans. and then one or two puppet masters weigh in and extreme maga republicans decide to do the bidding of the wealthy, the well off, the well connected millionaires and billionaires, not working class people all across america. the bill that is before us today is just part of an effort to shut down the government unless we as representatives of the american people bend to the will of just a handful of millionaires and billionaires, because the provisions in this bill, particularly as it relates to suspending the debt ceiling for two years are designed to bring about a massive tax cut unpaid for for wealthy donors and for wealthy corporations, for millionaires and billionaires for clearly some in this congress are working for. and this bill is validation for it. now it's been interesting to me that for decades the republican party has lectured america about fiscal responsibility. about the debt and the deficit. it's always been phony. this bill proves it. one thing we do know is that every t

the big news, house republicans want to stop the drama and the chaos. the pushing out trying to pushout the debt sealing for two years so trump can enact his agenda to fix america. now, democrats want to trap and block the trump agenda and things like tangled up fishing tackle pile of fights over spending like this. congressman jeff van drew is here to react in moments to the new spending deal and the fight to stop spending that makes your taxes and cost of living go up and up and up, also, tonight, this story. >> do you think i'm on trial? these people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020. i'm not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. i'm just telling you. >> i'm sorry, what? >> i'm not going to emasculate a black man. did you understand that? i don't think i should go further. >> next question? >> trying to, your honor. >> let's be clear because you lied and i'll tell you which one you lied in right here. i think you lied right here. no, no, this is the truth, judge. it is a lie. it is a lie. >> i think we're going to

house republicans have now. unilaterally decided to break a bipartisan agreement that they made house republicans have been ordered to shut down the government and hurt everyday americans. all across this country. house republicans will now own any harm that is visited upon the american people that results from a government shutdown or worse, an agreement is an agreement. it was bipartisan and there was nothing more to say. thank you. >> what about the debt limit? >> is that possible here, mr. jeffries, what is speaker? >> that was the house democratic leader, hakeem jeffries, making a very, very strong point. i want to bring in our analysts to assess what's going on, because the stakes right now here in washington are enormous. alex thompson, what's your what's your understanding of this remarkable turnabout, a bipartisan agreement democrats and republicans working together to keep the government operating. and all of a sudden it collapses. >> this could foreshadow how the next two years and. >> four years coul

well, house republicans can thank the guy that many of them credit for helping them win the house majorityfor making it even harder because donald trump is taking house republicans to be in his administration. he started with matt gaetz, picked him to be his attorney general. that nomination or effort failed catastrophically, as was expected. but gaetz gaetz resigned. that's minus one republican. what about elise stefanik, a close ally? new york republican, donald trump's pick to be an ambassador. she's expected to be confirmed by the senate. that's minus two republicans and michael waltz, national security adviser for trump. he doesn't have to be confirmed at all. he will start on day one with the administration. that means three house republicans won't be there for a period of months likely. which means if you do the math, take 220 minus three and this is where you end up 217 to 215. if you thought losing two votes was the maximum, and that would be complicated, try losing barely won. that would be borderline suffocation for any republican leader, and historically difficult moment for ho

democrats reached an agreement on behalf of the american people with house republicansan taxpayers and delivers real results. house democrats are going to continue to fight for families, farmers, and the future of working-class americans. and, in order to do that, the best path forward is a bipartisan agreement that we negotiated. >> joining us now, columbia university and susan. and susa so, basil, what exactly is going on here? it seems as though some on the republican side on capitol hill were caught by surprise. >> yeah. well, we have gone through this before. we had an immigration deal where trump said, no, no, no, we are not going to do that and blew the whole thing up. a couple differences this time. he has a copresident in elon musk advising him in his ear on my this is not a good deal. why he has allowed this to happen is beyond me. it will probably continue to happen over the next four years. republicans will probably come into the majority next year with the slimmest majority they have had in decades. they will need democrats to govern. they have proven throu

house. in fact, there were 38 republicans in the house that voted against it. and so what we're seeing here is that trump's hold on the republican party, while it is incredibly strong, it is not ironclad. but he definitely, along with elon musk, were trying to maneuver things behind the scenes, mostly through social media. and musk has become an incredibly powerful figure in american politics, and putting out information in this case, some of it was not truthful information about what was going on with the bipartisan deal. he was claiming that falsely, that there was going to be aid to ukraine in that deal. and, you know, he has over 207 million followers on twitter, so he can have a very big influence. and he definitely was an agent of chaos, making it difficult for the deal to get through. but in the end, congress came up with a solution. >> all right. so the solution, the winners and losers here in practical terms, it's those in, you know, hurricane hit areas who will get emergency relief. people in the military will get their their paychecks. farmers. but po

house. in fact, there were 38 republicans in the house that voted against it. d so what we're seeing here is that trump's hold on the republican party, while it is incredibly strong, it is not ironclad. but he definitely, along with elon musk, were trying to maneuver things behind the scenes, mostly through social media. and musk has become an incredibly powerful figure in american politics and putting out information in this case, some of it was not truthful information about what was going on with the bipartisan deal. he was claiming that, falsely, that there was going to be aid to ukraine in that deal. and, you know, he has over 207 million followers on twitter, so he can have a very big influence. and he definitely was an agent of chaos, making it difficult for the deal to get through. but in the end, congress came up with a solution. >> all right. so the solution, the winners and losers here in practical terms, it's those in, you know, hurricane hit areas who will get emergency relief. people in the military will get their their paychecks. farmers. but poli

even at full strength, house republicans will be at 220, we will be at 215. that is the narrowest majority of any party since 1931. and so, we have got to stay calm through all of the turbulence that the republicans are going to try to visit on the american people, in order to defend our working american taxpayers. we have to be present in washington to make sure that our leverage can shine through on behalf of the american people, and we of course have to stay unified in fighting for the things that matter, which first and foremost is to lower costs for everyday americans, for working-class americans, and for middle-class americans. >> one of the pieces that came out of the november election that i don't think has gotten enough attention is that democratic house candidates outperformed the top of the ticket, which i think as we are looking for bright lines or lessons to be learned, is an important thing to reflect on. why do you think that was and how does that inform how you and other party leaders are thinking about the best messengers for the party moving

he will not primary 170 house republicans, despite his explicit threat on wednesday to do it for common who voted this way. all of the senate republicans that wanted to oppose matt gaetz and there were a lot of them, privately and made it clear even though they did not come out publicly. trump accepted that, he took the l and let it go and moved on. i think if republicans recognize it or not they just wrote the playbook for how to say no to him over the next year or two when they want to. >> it is amazing for six weeks, democrats do have a message, mission, they don't have a man or a woman in charge, holy cow almost on the eve of christmas they found their footing. can we talk about the debt limit and what we are in for. trump wants to abolish it. most democrats would like to. they wanted it done on biden's watch and republicans who are concerned about this is a they will not touch it without spending cuts next year. john, what do you think will happen from here? >> reporter: i think to what you said earlier, total collision course. i think that donald trump is a head's i win, tail's yo

thirds of the entire vote, or they can go through the regular process and run the risk of some house republicans tanking this in the rules committee. and then you only need a majority vote. but right now it's up to the speaker of the house to make a decision to put the bill on the floor and figure out what will get the votes. >> but, charlie, i mean, i would think democrats, though, would say, okay, who's really running things? why should we? because we know johnson is going to need democrats to help get anything done. if i'm hakeem jeffries and the democrats, i'm saying, wait a second, why are we going to help you when we're negotiating with you? but you're not really even the person who seems to be in charge here. vivian. >> apparently they've already negotiated the bill. they've already negotiated the bill, and they've got democratic support. so put it on the floor and let the votes fall where they may ignore trump and ignore and ignore musk on this because they're going to shut the government down. otherwise they, musk and trump are going to shut it down. but johnson could prevent that just

it was a republican-drafted bill that was posted by house republicans. and then one or two puppet masters weigh in and extreme maga republicans decide to do the bidding of the wealthy, the well off, the well connected millionaires and billionaires, not working class people all across america. the bill that is before us today is just part of an effort to shut down the government unless we as representatives of the american people bend to the will of just a handful of millionaires and billionaires, because the provisions in this bill, particularly as it relates to suspending the debt ceiling for two years are designed to bring about a massive tax cut unpaid for for wealthy donors and for wealthy corporations, for millionaires and billionaires for clearly some in this congress are working for. and this bill is validation for it. now it's been interesting to me that for decades the republican party has lectured america about fiscal responsibility. about the debt and the deficit. it's always been phony. this bill proves it. one thing we do know is that every t

house. of course. there are 219 republican seats.ically, when all members are present and voting, that's 290 need a vote in the affirmative to pass this bill. and right now, they appear to be on the way to that. there's still a lot of members who have not voted yet. people are going to make their way to the floor over the next 15 minutes or so. but right now, from just judging about the trajectory of this vote, it is going in a positive direction to get this bill across the finish line. there are 90, 76 republicans who have voted yes. 13 republicans have voted no, 18 democrats have voted yes. there are still many democrats who haven't voted because they've been huddling behind closed doors with hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader, who has indicated that he believes they won a key concession from republicans as part of this about the decision by the republicans to drop language that would have suspended the national debt limit for two years. that had been a late demand, of course, by donald trump. he injected this late in the proce

republican house caucus heading behind closed doors to discuss the details after dozens of republicans last night voted down a trump back spending deal. the president elect trying to place the blame on president biden while pushing for an earlier two year increase in the debt ceiling. something that is very controversial. previewing what the impending deadline could mean for americans.>>> the questions about the role of elon musk taking the deal that had been in the works for months prompting democrats to derive he is a puppet president. elon musk pulling his strings. >>> u.s. diplomats holding their first meeting with syria's new de facto government. pressing the leader of a terror group to help find the missing american journalist. >>> suspect accused of killing a healthcare ceo back in new york after returning in handcuffs. federal charges mean that he could face the death penalty. >>> good day, everyone. house speaker johnson says he has a new plan. third plan to avoid a partial government shutdown 12 hours from now. republicans are huddling in a half hour as they discuss a possibl

as chair of the house republican conference i'm proud that house republicans have passed bipartisan resolution israel. called out anti-semitism in the house of congress and brought transparency to the anti-semitic propaganda push on american students and paid for by foreign adversaries repacked those like the deterrence act to ensure foreign enemies cannot point in the lives of american students stop i also serve as a senior member of the educating and workforce committee where i led the charge to expose this moral rot of anti-semitism infecting our suppose would most elite higher education institution. when we heard from jewish students faculty members and staff about anti-semitic attacks taking place on their campuses i demanded congress post a public hearing to hold colleges and universities accountable for their failure to combat anti-semitism in their failure to protect jewish members their community. i know you all saw the hearing because the world saw that hearing. i want to take you into that moment my question was the last question of the hearing. the most junior member of the committ

remember, trump's political vendetta is now being, as i mentioned, pursued by house republicans. they are laying the groundwork. it's precisely the kind of, quote, law fare that republicans have claimed to be against. they use that word law fare as a reference to what they view as politically targeted prosecutions. and that is quite clearly not with standing the potential hypocrisy what some of them are now arguing for against liz cheney because donald trump is mad at her. i don't mean to minimize the seriousness of this, that's kind of what this boils down. kbept except he wants people to abuse power on his behalf. i gave you the context and the facts why it's hard to go after lawmakers under law. republicans are calling for an fbi investigation. they issued a new report. one member, laudermilk going as far as to claim the work with witnesses was some kind of federal crime. the languages that federal laws were, quote, likely broken by liz cheney. that's the allegation. and this is a play book that predates trump. republicans have long used congress to try to push or launder or pr

and the senate majority leader who will not house republicans historic commonsense legislation to collect dust on his desk. americans chose a new era. our 47 president will make his triumphant return to the white house in 34 days and he's ushering in a new golden age of america. under president trump's leadership are republican trifecta with the ground running on day one to undo the damage democrats have done by securing the border, fixing the economy unleashing american energy, and extending the trump tax cuts. we will also work with president trump's outstanding cabinet picks to deliver on our america first agenda. these guys will shake up the status quo in washington which is exactly what americans voted for and what they want. i must confess i'm looking forward to a cold christmas in minnesota that i think i can speak for everyone on this leadership team when i say we also can't wait to come back in january to get the job done. with that i turn over to our majority leader steve scalise. >> thank you, with. for the gentleman from minnesota i know the cold weather can't be cold enough.

she held one of the top positions in the house republican readership. she staunchly conservative, the daughter of former - cheney. she was one of the republicans refused to follow mine when donald trump and his supporters baselessly claimed there was fraud during the 2020 election. after the attack on the capital in 2021, liz cheney became the vice chair of the january 6 select committee investigation. she zeroed in on his role to overturn the 2020 election results. one of only 10 house republicans who voted to impeach trump that time around. she maintained her principles and the backlash was swift. in may of 2021, house republicans voted to remove her from leadership, the house, citing her criticism of trump. months later, she faced a primary challenge for me trump endorsed candidate, it was carefully orchestrated. - ran with trump's support was advised by trump's attendance and funded by his donors. his aides vetted and interviewed her perspective challengers with a degree of care the operation did not display in a big midterm races. once they settled

the incoming trump white house and the republican-led united states house of representatives. mr. speaker, c.r.'s are not ideal. they are not preferred. but come the new year, we will begin a new era of regular order. as well, i expect we will be working in a concerted manner for the next four years to borrow a phrase, make america great again. as we are all aware, the vacuum of leadership from the current white house has been filled already by the incoming white house. the trump doge team also proved to be consequential, mr. speaker, rooting out unnecessary provisions throughout this government funding process, streamlining bloated legislation and exposing it to the american people. which resulted in a better, leaner deal. and a reduction of pages in the bill from 1,547 to 118. a huge reduction, all done in trump time. this legislation delivers responsible disaster relief, targeted spending reductions, an agreement to address the debt ceiling and avoids a government shutdown. our work will reflect the will of the people to carry out the america-first agenda. we must deliver resul

on friday 170 house republicans did just that. senate republicans say last week's turmoil is a preview of just how difficult it will be for house speaker mike johnson to facilitate two budget reconciliation packages and a debt limit bill next year. the whole reports that senator josh holly of missouri expressed doubt about whether the speaker can pass these major bills. quote, if they can't manage, how is he going to manage the reconciliation? it bodes badly. also is concerned, trump signature campaign promise of large-scale mass deportations. the telegraph reports, days after his election victory, trump said that there would be no price tag on his plans for mass deportations, which would probably involve constructing tens of thousands of detention centers. a report from the american immigration counsel, a pro- immigration group, estimated that deporting 1 million migrants a year would cost at least $88 billion. joining us now to discuss it all is congressional reporter for the , michael chanel. michael, can we start with mice -- h

can't pass a republican bill in the republican house, the republicans might get the blame my thinking. stuart: guy benson, what a day we're going to have. thanks for being with us. we'll batch it together. thanks, see you later -- we'll watch it together. >>> heavy selling yesterday, more selling this morning. down 160 on the dow, 171 on the nasdaq. it's friday, so kenny polcari joins maine ken first i think all of -- joins me. ken first i think all of this is worrying to investors on the expectation of tax cuts. now they're in some doubt. do you have the same analysis as me? if. >> yeah, you know, i think there's some nervous ifness over the tax cuts, whether they're going to happen or not happen. yes, the market rallied, i think, on a bunch of things, the tax cuts are certainly one of them. but fit looks like the tax cuts are not going to end up being what the market thought, sure, it's going to cause the market to reprice itself. i'm not going there yet. i think that the tax cuts are come. might be -- will come. i think they'll succeed. stuart: so you think this selling

house. if everyone is there to vote, with likely more than that number of republicans, more than three refusing to vote for any spending bill. so house speaker mike johnson was forced to negotiate with democrats to come up with something that would pass. and they did cut a deal. but then musk and president elect trump decided to weigh in against that deal yesterday. and that tanked republican support and left house speaker mike johnson in the lurch. ever since then, johnson has been scrambling to try to put together a new deal before the funding clock runs out. by the end of the day tomorrow, friday, a reminder of what's at stake if the government, the federal government were to shut down hundreds of thousands of federal workers would be furloughed, hundreds of thousands of essential employees would still have to report to work. none of them would be paid. many services would be put on hold or delayed. if there's a shutdown, including environmental and food inspections. national parks would also likely close. let's get right to cnn's manu raju on capitol hill. manu, what are you hearing from me