and many house republicans have made their position clear. house republicans are determined to crash the economy, because they believe it will benefit them politically. that is the only explanation for their extreme and inherently unreasonable behavior. katherine clark. ms. clark: thank you, mr. leader. here we are days away from economic catastrophe, days away from higher mortgage payments, car loans, gutted retirement accounts, days away from losing eight million jobs. why? because house republicans have decided to default on america. so let's set the record straight. one, this is a battle between extremism and common sense. from the beginning, the white house has put forward reasonable solutions. on march 9, the president released a budget that invests in the success of families and businesses while cutting the deficit by $3 trillion. republicans waited until april 25 to respond with their default on america bill. extreme cuts to veterans' health care, child care, first responders, to teachers, to the hungry people in this country. all to p

apparently extreme maga republicans, house republicans, even more specific. their bill would cut 81,000 jobs from the v.a., reducing outpatient visits by 30 million, and increase the disability claims backlog by an estimated

turning your back on the american people to beat memorial day traffic is a new low for house republicans but house republicans have left town while america speeds toward a devastating default and they chose that route. they're willing to drive our nation off an economic cliff and trigger a global recession, cutting veterans benefits, taking food from hungry families and laying off first responders. ms. scanlon: the american people didn't send us here to play chick within their retirement plans. 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, l

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

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

150 -- it is our expectation that house republicans will deliver at least 150 votes in an agreement that they themselves negotiated with the white house. house democrats will make sure that the country does not default. >> what message does it send that it was still being negotiated only between republicans and the white house but the only way that it will get past is with republican support? >> from the very beginning we made clear that the only way to avoid a catastrophic default is to find a bipartisan solution moving forward which allows for common ground to be found. thankfully, president biden has been able to threaded that needle and present a resolution which avoids default and protect democratic interests. >> some members complained that the white house has not been communicative throughout these processes, and an idea emerged that [indiscernible] the white house has said they will be more clear, heavy talked about that with -- have you talked about that? >> were talking about two different things, to issues as to what the white house was communicating in a public facing way

that is what maga republicans are proposing. what house republicans have voted for is one massive gift to the chinese government because, guess what, our competitors are not debating whether to pay their debt or wreck their economy. they are not debating whether to invest in their future or futurp investments that keep them competitive. they are doing everything they can to get ahead. i am asking my republican colleagues here at the brink of economic calamity do not let speaker mccarthy's partisan hostagetaking win the day and lose the 21st century. do not force an unprecedented economic crisis on our country in an attempt to slash funding for communities across america. work with us to simply pay our countries bills like we have so many times before including three times under the last president. then let us work together on our bipartisan spending bill that invests in america and keep us moving forward which is i will tell my committee members exactly what we are focused on doing in the senate appropriations committee. with that, dr. zan

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 there's a lot more to get to. but what do you want the american people to know, as we see what a clear standoff happening, you know, between the who us and the speaker of the house on this issue. we look at the markets selling of

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

the house voted to send a resolution to the ethics committee that would expel the republican lawmaker from congress. the briefing is about 25 mississippi. minutes. mr. jeffries: good morning. we find ourselves in the midst of a g.o.p.-manufactured default crisis. 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

guest: i have been talking to republicans all weekend, they are getting briefed to see if anything the white house is offering a some think they would be on board with and they have been shredded. 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

but we've continued to make clear as house democrats that so-called extreme work requirements that these maga republicans want to try to impose as a ransom note are a nonstarter. period, full stop. in terms of their messaging legislation, with respect to law enforcement later on today on the house floor, how dare these extreme maga republicans try to lecture anyone about standing with law enforcement. marjorie taylor greene and others want to defund the f.b.i. the extreme maga republicans want to defund the department of justice. the extreme maga republicans voted to eliminate in the default on america act tens of thousands of law enforcement positions across the country, jeopardizing the public safety of the american people. the extreme ma ga republicans in this so-called resolution that will be on the floor today don't even acknowledge the capitol police officers who risked their lives each and every day to protect the american people, our staff members and members of congress and fought hard to protect us and save our democracy when facing violent insurrection uses -- insurrectionists on january 6. th

this is a manufactured crises by house republicans. an act of calculated cruelty that will put millions out of work and force families across the country to wonder where their next meal will come from. in my district, and an estimated 95,000 600 households with social security checks are at risk. my constituents are not alone. think of the people back home who elected you to represent their interest fatefully. it is a noah's interest to manufacture an economic crisis. we can fix this crisis right now, all we need is five brave republicans. five republicans who care about veterans. five republicans who care about social security, five republicans who care about medicare, five republicans who care about our future. it is time to do our jobs. i yelled back. ask for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. thank you. and franklin said necessity never made a good bargain. necessity never made a good bargain. this is necessity. for the frustum's in 1789, o

speaker mccarthy and house republicans deserve our thanks. they passed the only viable legislation that preserved our nation's full faith and credit and made real progress towards getting federal spending under control. house republicans forced president biden to do his job, really just that simple. and now congress will vote on legislation that locks in that important progress. republicans have a tremendous opportunity to take on a challenge facing our economy and future generations of americans. we have a chance to stop reckless spending, to heal. soon, it will be the senate's charge to put this historic agreement on the president's desk. let's not pass up our shot. >> host: janet says call your representative and state senator and tell them to vote yes, don't care if you are red, blue, or purple, vote yes. the next congress can do better without the drama. add your response the mix, the remaining time we have, this is pat in connecticut, independent line. >> caller: i have a question about the voting process. either amendments or passages.

senate republicans stand united behind speaker mccarthy and the house republicans. we all understand the gravity of the situation -- we need to address the debt ceiling and do so in a way that makes a difference, to make sure we are not back here in just a few more months with a spending having caused more inflation and ballooned over federal debt even more. to that end, senate republicans 45 have acknowledged that they will not -- they have committed that we will not support cloture -- we will not support bringing debate to a close on any debt ceiling increase that does not contain substantive spending and budgetary reforms. now it just so happens the house of representatives has passed precisely such a bill. we stand behind that bill. we need to pull up and pass that bill. we need to do it today. look, the senate has no business leaving town before an agreement has been reached. let's get this done. thank you. [applause] it is now my pleasure to introduce representative dusty johnson from the great state of south dakota. [applause] rep. johnson: mr. president, for

hopefully this letter sparks that. >> house republicans passed the deal. you voted for it. knowing that the u.s. senate controlled by the democrats and the white house would not support that deal so why even pass something that has no chance of passing the senate? >> yeah, it's a start. i was on the fence, jake. it was 215 to 215, and i hadn't voted yet. i was on the fence. what you're going to see is this, i suspect what will happen when the house does pass a debt ceiling bill, it is going to be in a bipartisan manner. this initial offer wasn't in a bipartisan manner. the reality is it's going to take both republicans and democrats coming together, maybe not getting everything they want but have a conversation. how do we curb some of the spending. how do we take care of our debts, and also how do we move this country forward. it's time for real leaders to do that. i look forward to getting that done in the next 30 days. the good thing is the house will be in session three out of the four weeks, and there will be opportunity to do that. >> so 215 to 215, and then you voted f

it's time for house republicans to get serious. house democrats are here united just as we were in the beginning of this year, just as we will be throughout this legislative congress to do the people's business. it is time for republicans to do the same. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one 5/25, 11 a.m. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, i rise today to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the hashemite kingdom of jordan's independence day. america and jordan have a long history of friendship and cooperation after establishing diplomatic relations in 1949. jordan plays a vital role in advancing peace, stability, and modern nation in the middle east. i had the honor of being flown by jordan's first-ever female military helicopter pilot and on that same visit, king abdullah graciously hosted our delegation and took us to the holy site where jesus was back ad

[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

modern-day republican party is the party of marjorie taylor greenee, george santos and donald trump. you can't make this stuff up. and later on today, house republicans are going to try and pass legislation that will restrict if not end the ability of the federal government to confront unemployment insurance fraud. at the same time that one of the leaders of the house republican conference here in washington ddz, george santos, has been charged with unemployment insurance fraud. why do i say he is one of the leaders? because the default in 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 m

many democrats did not want to give in as far as the white house appears to have given in to the republicanshe 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 after these negotiations, pain staking negotiations, they believe they are there, the speaker and the president, a deal in principal to avert a dealt default. now it is about selling it to the members and getting it through congress. >> manu, lots of steps ahead. a lot of moving parts. no question about it. it looks like a break in the log jam. it did sound like this was a positive development earlier this evening with the president and the house speaker getting on the phone. and it sounds like our colleagues are reporting now that that was a pretty fruitful call, that something did come out of it. what

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

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 default. we are unified as it relates to why the country is in this situation. and we are unified behind the leadership that president biden has provided. reporter: to avoid a default you have to pass this bill. you have democrats saying no like ms. jayapal. is this fracturing? how do you amend the relationship? mr. jeffries: the conference is not fractured at all. i had a good conversation with her earlie

the way to get even better policy in my view is to have republican house, republican senate, and republican tomorrow with significant g.o.p. support? >> yes. because once they read the bill, which they will have 72 hours to do, which is a significant change from what we have had in -- under the pelosi regime here in washington, every member will have the opportunity to review the bill, see the contents of it, and to recognize the good reforms that we have in here. we can get even better reforms if we had a republican senate. and we had a president in the white house who was not stubbornly trying to march the progressive tune of joe biden. >> mike: a democrat in the rules committee is taking aim at some of the g.o.p. complaints. >> this is a manufactured crisis. no question about it. house republicans are in control. you have the gavels. you were in the majority. what i take issue with is this kind of constant scorched earth mentality of, again, laying blame at the white house at every turn notwithstanding this is a deal that your party has negotiated with the white house. >> mike: is the is

in the house knew exactly what they were doing. every republicange santos should resign or be expelled, voted to send the resolution to the ethics committee, which means they voted to keep george santos sitting right beside them in the house of representatives. so the score tonight is republicans voting to keep george santos in the house of representatives and democrats voting to kick him out. here's what congressman daniel goldman said today about the republican maneuver to protect george santos by sending the expulsion resolution to the ethics committee. >> traditionally the others community will divergent urban justice for a criminal prosecution. kevin mccarthy knows that. he knows that this is a complete fiction to send to the ethics committee and that it is a cop out and then at the end of the day it is a way of avoiding the accountability on this expulsion motion. >> joining us no democratic congressman daniel goldman of new york. he served as house majority counsel for the first impeachment trial of donald trump. he is a member of the subcom

now, speaker mccarthy and the house republicans have been negotiating or in terms of both the house and the senate in this context. so as katherine clark it is our expectation that republicans will produce 2/3 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 the house republicans need to produce consistent with what they've 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, seniors, veterans, the poor, the sick and the afflicted be hurt by a dangerous g.o.p.-manufactured default. we will not let that happen. but at the same time, it is more for house republicans to do their part in supporting a resolution that they themselves negotiated. reporter: you are saying democrats are unifying behind this deal -- mr. jeffries: i didn't say that. we are uni

nbc news reporting republican aides are writing it, the white house will then review it. laimed 95% of his party is thrilled with the compromise, but his far-right critics are already refusing to fall in line. texas republican chip roy, for example, calling the deal a quote, get ready for this, toured sandwich. joining me now msnbc can political contributor eugene daniels, white house contributor and coauthor of the playbook letter from political. and daniel strauss, senior political correspondent for new york public. guys, i do not to see your faces when i read tired sandwich, which is so evocative. eugene, your colleague at politico writes quote, conservatives likely can't kill the agreement on their own, they can make mccarthy's life miserable depending on how far they take their displeasure. talk me through what this could look like? >> at this point, you have republicans all over the place, all over the map. and on the political spectrum, too. you have jim jordan, one of the most far-right folks in the republican party being all on board, then you have chip roy callin

but i do not have faith in speaker mccarthy and right wing republican house speakers. speaker mccarthy wants to jeopardize the whole of the american economy, sacrifice working and middle-class families, hard earned savings by the trillions and hundreds and thousands of jobs and put funding, rental assistance, early childhood education, nutrition assistance for moms and kids in our entire social safety net on the line for some cheap political stunt. republicans are not serious about finding a solution, so we are urging president biden to utilize his authority under the 13th the meant -- 14th amendment of the constitution that clearly states, the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. using this authority would allow the president and the united states to continue to pay its bills on time and without delay as the united states constitution requires. it will ensure we prevent a potential global economic catastrophe. speaker mccarthy says he wants to limit, save, and grow. but what he and his right wing republican house members really wan

white house officials and house republicans are preparing for a call any minute now. their calls between president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy. house republicans are than expected to release the full text of the debt ceiling agreement negotiated by both sides. at five p m today, democrats will get a briefing on the agreement from white house officials. here is some of what both sides say is in the deal. it raises the debt ceiling until 2025. it cuts 1.5 trillion and spending. it increases defense spending. as new work requirements for some government programs, and parents back irs funding. >> you fully fund the veterans, you fully fund the feds, but you take that non-defense spending all the way back to the 2022 levels. now you get work requirements for where the democrats they say is a red line. >> the bag continues on both sides of for why there it could pass the. house republican members are already expressing frustration on social media. they're calling it a four trillion-dollar debt ceiling increase with virtually no cuts. several are saying they plan to vote

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

it will require support from house republicans. they're going to need 218 votes for that. 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