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• Rep. McHenry: ‘Big, thorny issues remain’ in debt ceiling talks

  28-05-2023 00:28 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), a lead GOP negotiator in the debt-ceiling talks, said Saturday evening that major differences remain as the sides race to shore up a deal to prevent a government default.The impasse reached a point that President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) were scheduled to hold a phone call in an effort to iron out the last stubborn disagreements in hopes of pushing a deal through Congress before the June 5 default deadline. “Day over day, we’re e
  
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• Harris says West Point graduates entering 'increasingly unsettled world’

  27-05-2023 19:43 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris told graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point that they are entering an “increasingly unsettled world” in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and with continued threats around the world. Harris said in her commencement address to the West Point graduates that the world has changed significantly since they began as students at the academy. She noted that the pandemic caused the deaths of millions and “upended” life for many more, t
  
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• McCarthy says Congress will meet June 5 debt ceiling deadline

  27-05-2023 17:09 via thehill.com
  
  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Saturday that Congress will meet the deadline to raise the debt ceiling, acknowledging that no deal has been made but vowing an agreement will be reached in time to prevent a government default.Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raised the stakes in the marathon negotiations on Friday, when she provided the first hard deadline for when the government will be unable to pay down all of its obligations: June 5. Asked if Congress can meet that deadline,
  
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• GOP negotiator: Debt deal could take 'hours — or days'

  27-05-2023 16:01 via thehill.com
  
  A top Republican negotiating with the White House on a debt-ceiling deal said Saturday that “a narrow set” of sticking points have prevented the sides from reaching an agreement, and it’s unclear if those issues will be resolved quickly or require talks to continue through the holiday weekend. Heading into the Speaker’s office in the Capitol, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) said the final slog has been more complicated than he anticipated, as both sides have dug in on
  
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• Debt limit fight puts US on credit watch

  27-05-2023 14:00 via thehill.com
  
  The U.S. is on credit watch as high-stakes negotiations over the debt limit take center stage in Washington.Credit agencies are warning that the nation's stellar credit rating could be downgraded as the U.S. inches closer to running out of cash and defaulting on its roughly $31.4 trillion debt.
  Capitol Hill is getting nervous.“Most Americans treasure their individual credit rating and do everything they can to keep it as good as possible, at least if they have the circumstances that they c
  
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• White House, GOP getting ‘very close’ to budget and debt limit deal

  27-05-2023 04:17 via thehill.com
  
  Top Democrats and Republicans sent strong signals Friday night that they’re nearing an elusive agreement on a debt-ceiling increase to prevent an economy-rattling government default. While negotiators said it was too soon to announce a deal, both sides voiced confidence that they were within striking distance of a compromise to lift the government’s borrowing cap while taking steps to rein in deficit spending — legislation that took on greater urgency Friday afternoon
  
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• Rep. Dingell cancels trip to officiate wedding in Italy for possible debt vote

  27-05-2023 03:32 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) canceled a planned trip to officiate a wedding in Italy to remain available for a possible vote to raise the debt ceiling in the coming days. Dingell said Friday in an interview with The Hill on NewsNation that the situation where Congress even needs to vote to raise the debt ceiling for the country to avoid a potential default shows irresponsibility on the part of the members. “I also think it's irresponsible that we are in this situation right now
  
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• White House fights GOP on work requirements as budget talks drag on

  27-05-2023 01:52 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Friday dug in with its opposition to Republican calls for stronger work requirements to be included in any budget agreement that would be paired with a debt ceiling increase.“House Republicans are threatening to trigger an unprecedented recession and cost the American people over 8 million jobs unless they can take food out of the mouths of hungry Americans,” deputy press Secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement. “This would be done through new, additional
  
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• Biden celebrates UConn men's basketball team at White House

  26-05-2023 23:30 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Friday celebrated the University of Connecticut (UConn) men's basketball team at the White House following their national championship victory in early April.Biden praised UConn as one of the "premiere" programs in college basketball and offered praise to the team and to head coach Dan Hurley. He also noted that multiple players fasted during the NCAA tournament, which fell during Ramadan.“This team is proof that there’s no quit in UConn, just like there’s no
  
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• DeSantis says he would push to repeal Trump criminal justice reform if elected

  26-05-2023 23:06 via thehill.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Friday that if elected president, he would call on Congress to repeal the criminal justice reform bill signed into law by then-President Trump, his latest attack on Trump from the right.DeSantis, appearing on "The Ben Shapiro Show," criticized the First Step Act, a bipartisan bill passed in 2018 that reduced mandatory minimum sentences, expanded credits for well-behaved prisoners looking for shorter sentences and aimed to reduce recidivism.The Florida governor,
  
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• Yellen says US will run out of money by June 5 if debt ceiling not raised

  26-05-2023 22:31 via thehill.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday notified lawmakers the nation will run out of money to pay its bills by June 5 if they do not raise the debt ceiling.“Based on the most recent available data, we now estimate that Treasury will have insufficient resources to satisfy the government’s obligations if Congress has not raised or suspended the debt limit by June 5,” Yellen told leaders.The update may offer negotiators who were working with an estimated June 1 "X-date" more br
  
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• Congressional Black Caucus launches 'Summer of Action' ahead of 2024 

  26-05-2023 22:01 via thehill.com
  
  The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) will launch its "Summer of Action" in South Carolina on Saturday as part of a Black voter education and mobilization effort ahead of the 2024 elections. Beginning Saturday, the “Democracy for the People” event will kick off in Charleston, South Carolina and take place in at least 10 cities around the nation — including cities in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Tennessee. Charleston and places in the South were selected because &l
  
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• Watch live: Biden welcomes University of Connecticut men's basketball team to the White House

  26-05-2023 22:00 via thehill.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will welcome the men’s NCAA basketball champion University of Connecticut Huskies to the White House on Friday afternoon.The Huskies beat San Diego State 76-59 in April to secure its fifth national title.The White House visit follows a dramatic show of spirit for the champions by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).At an April victory parade for UConn in Hartford, Connecticut, Blumenthal suffered a broken leg, which requir
  
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• White House announces first national plan to end gender-based violence

  26-05-2023 21:03 via thehill.com
  
  The White House has announced the first national plan to end gender-based violence, following up on years of federal legislation to address the issue and provide safety to those affected. The report defines gender-based violence (GBV) as “any harmful threat or act directed at an individual or group based on actual or perceived sex, gender, gender identity, sex characteristics, or sexual orientation.” It includes areas like sexual violence like rape, sexual assault and sexual har
  
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• LSU forward faints as Biden gives speech honoring championship team

  26-05-2023 21:01 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Friday welcomed the Louisiana State University (LSU) women's basketball team to the White House to celebrate their recent national championship.The ceremony was briefly interrupted after Sa’Myah Smith, a forward on the team, appeared to pass out while standing on risers on stage in the East Room. Proceedings were delayed for roughly six minutes while medical personnel attended to Smith."She’s OK. It’s happened lots of times," Biden t
  
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• Biden celebrates LSU women's basketball championship team at White House event

  26-05-2023 21:01 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Friday welcomed the Louisiana State University (LSU) women's basketball team to the White House to celebrate their recent national championship.The ceremony was briefly interrupted after Sa’Myah Smith, a forward on the team, appeared to pass out while standing on risers on stage in the East Room. Proceedings were delayed for roughly six minutes while medical personnel attended to Smith."She’s ok. It’s happened lots of times," Biden t
  
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• GOP debt ceiling negotiator: ‘Hell no!’ to dropping work requirements demand

  26-05-2023 20:44 via thehill.com
  
  A top GOP lawmaker negotiating an elusive debt ceiling deal was adamant Friday that Republicans will not drop their demand for tougher work requirements as part of a final agreement — a major sticking point at the 11th hour of the talks. “Hell no, hell no!,” Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) told reporters outside the Capitol. “Not a chance. Not happening.”The work requirements provision has emerged as perhaps the highest barrier to a deal between Republicans an
  
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• Watch live: Biden welcomes LSU women's basketball team to the White House

  26-05-2023 18:54 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will welcome the NCAA champion Louisiana State University women’s basketball team to the White House Friday afternoon.The visit comes after the controversy surrounding the first lady initially suggesting that Iowa, which lost the championship game to LSU, would also be invited for a White House visit.After receiving criticism that her remarks insulted the mostly Black LSU Tigers team, Biden’s office walked back her suggestion the fo
  
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• Key GOP negotiator: Debt-ceiling leaks won't help get a deal

  26-05-2023 18:39 via thehill.com
  
  A key Republican lawmaker negotiating a debt limit increase denounced recent leaks of details of an emerging deal, suggesting that they are not helpful in locking down an agreement.“Everyone wants a detail of this, everyone wants a tweet, I want an agreement that changes the trajectory of the country,” Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) told reporters Friday morning while walking into Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) office.“But the tweets, the context, the details and all
  
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• Top Republican launches investigation into delayed Spacecom relocation

  26-05-2023 17:44 via thehill.com
  
  The chairman of the House Armed Services committee has launched an investigation into the delayed relocation of U.S. Space Command (Spacecom) from Colorado to Alabama.Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) on Thursday sent a letter to Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Spacecom commander Gen. James Dickinson expressing concern about apparent "changes" to the planned relocation of Space Command's headquarters to Huntsville."These apparently sweeping unilateral changes to policies and posture seem to have b
  
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• Gaetz sees 'no serious threat' to McCarthy in bipartisan debt ceiling deal 

  26-05-2023 17:34 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said he sees “no serious threat” to Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif) speakership amid the ongoing bipartisan debt ceiling deal. As House Republicans and the White House scramble to come up with a debt ceiling deal, Gaetz predicted on a Twitter Spaces livestream that a bipartisan deal would pass with “about 80-100 Democrat votes and between 140-160 Republican votes.” “I think there is no serious threat to McCarthy’s sp
  
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• Fifth House Democrat calls on Feinstein to resign

  26-05-2023 17:02 via thehill.com
  
  A fifth House Democrat on Friday called for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to resign her seat after her return to Washington following a prolonged absence due to shingles. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) argued lawmakers should resign if they become "a shadow of your former self.""I think if you're a member, and you become a shadow of your former self, you should resign," Torres told Insider this week, calling for Feinstein to step aside for the first time. "Once you're no longer t
  
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• Debt ceiling: ‘Progress,’ but no deal, as Washington barrels closer to default

  26-05-2023 16:49 via thehill.com
  
  Bipartisan negotiators racing to secure a debt ceiling deal have moved closer to an agreement over the last 48 hours but haven't reached a consensus as Washington heads into the Memorial Day weekend — and the country barrels closer to a potential June 1 default.Deputies for President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) are reportedly eyeing a two-year increase in the debt ceiling, to be accompanied by spending caps of the same duration — a timeline that would push t
  
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• Bowman on debt ceiling talks with GOP: 'Why are we gonna negotiate with the economic terrorists' 

  26-05-2023 15:58 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) said he is “very frustrated” over the state of debt ceiling talks and questioned why President Biden is continuing to negotiate with what the congressman called “economic terrorists” in the Republican party.  “I called on the president to invoke the 14th Amendment and mint a coin and do not negotiate with hostage takers,” Bowman told CNN’s Manu Raju on Thursday. “I mean, we don't negotiate with terrorists globally.
  
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• Unorthodox immigration bill catches both parties by surprise 

  26-05-2023 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  A new bipartisan immigration bill is spurring mixed reactions from lawmakers eager to reform the system following an unorthodox rollout that caught many by surprise. The legislation, spearheaded by Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) and Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), was unveiled Wednesday, with Republican sponsors wearing blue and some Democratic sponsors in red.The 500-page Dignity Act is seeking to become the first bipartisan immigration bill to gain traction in
  
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• GOP conservatives fume over possible debt ceiling compromises

  26-05-2023 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Hard-line conservatives are fuming over the debt deal compromise being negotiated between Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and the White House — and they're warning about collapsing GOP support.Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) said he was “concerned about rumors” he was hearing about a deal that would raise the debt ceiling higher than what House Republicans proposed without getting more concessions in return.He offered a stark prediction of the consequences.“If that were true, th
  
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• GOP conservatives fume over debt ceiling compromises

  26-05-2023 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Hard-line conservatives are fuming over the debt deal compromise being negotiated between Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and the White House — and they're warning about collapsing GOP support.Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) said he was “concerned about rumors” he was hearing about a deal that would raise the debt ceiling higher than what House Republicans proposed without getting more concessions in return.He offered a stark prediction of the consequences.“If that were true, tha
  
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• Newt Gingrich 'moderately optimistic' on where debt limit talks sit: 'But it’s not done yet'

  26-05-2023 02:54 via thehill.com
  
  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Thursday that he’s “moderately optimistic” about where the ongoing debt limit negotiations sit.During an appearance on WABC 770 AM's “Cats & Cosby Show,” Gingrich said negotiators on both sides have been meeting nonstop to get a deal done, adding that both President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will not let country default. “Speaker McCarthy had pledged that it would be 72 hours between t
  
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• GOP negotiator says White House ‘refusing to negotiate' on work requirements

  26-05-2023 02:30 via thehill.com
  
  A top Republican negotiating a debt ceiling hike blasted the White House on Thursday over work requirements for social benefits programs, indicating that the thorny issue remains a sticking point as the country inches closer to a government default. Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) argued the Democrats’ staunch opposition to tougher work requirements will threaten the recipients of other federal benefit programs. He characterized overall progress as “slow.” “Their eff
  
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• Susan Rice on gun reform ahead of White House departure: 'I'm not losing hope'

  26-05-2023 01:13 via thehill.com
  
  Outgoing White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice said she's "not losing hope" on Congress initiating more action on gun reform in the country.When asked on Thursday if she has lost hope on possible gun reform legislation in the wake of a recent string of mass shootings across the country and states doubling down on their gun policies, she said "no."“No ... I’m not losing hope because the vast majority of Americans agree on a bipartisan basis that it is ridiculous that we do no
  
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• Lawmakers eye compromise bill to bolster power lines in permitting negotiations

  26-05-2023 00:19 via thehill.com
  
  Lawmakers appear to be considering a compromise bill to bolster the nation’s power lines as part of efforts to tie energy permitting reforms to legislation that would lift the debt ceiling. A source briefed on the issue told The Hill that transmission legislation from Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) was being considered as a tradeoff for some modest changes to a bedrock environmental law that Republicans say drags out environmental reviews for en
  
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• Head of Black Caucus urges Biden to address nation on debt ceiling

  26-05-2023 00:10 via thehill.com
  
  The head of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is calling on President Biden to get more aggressive in the debt ceiling talks, suggesting the White House has remained too quiet throughout the debate at the expense of the Democrats’ negotiating position. Democrats have grown increasingly irritated with the White House’s approach to the high-stakes talks, accusing Biden of lying low while Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and his deputies have made the media rounds to broadcast
  
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• House leaves town with no debt ceiling deal

  25-05-2023 21:18 via thehill.com
  
  House lawmakers are leaving Washington for the long holiday weekend Thursday afternoon — just one week before the Treasury Department says the U.S. is at risk of a debt default — without a deal to raise the debt ceiling.Negotiators say they’re getting closer to striking a deal to avert a default next week, but an agreement didn't appear imminent Thursday."Still working through thorny issues, but there's goodwill on all sides,” Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), a key all
  
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• Biden assures Americans on Social Security, VA as debt default date nears

  25-05-2023 20:50 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday sought to reassure Americans that benefits for veterans and Social Security recipients would not be impacted by the looming threat of a default as negotiators struggle to come to a budget deal and raise the debt ceiling."I've made clear time and again defaulting on our national debt is not an option," Biden said in remarks from the Rose Garden where he was set to nominate the new Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  "The American people deserve to know that their Social Security pa
  
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• 35 House conservatives pitch IRS and COVID-19 funding repeal to push back debt X-date

  25-05-2023 20:31 via thehill.com
  
  A group of 35 House Republicans, made up of members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and their allies, are upping the pressure on Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in debt ceiling negotiations and proposing funding clawbacks they say could push a potential default date back through the end of June. In a letter to McCarthy, the lawmakers ask him to demand additions to the House GOP debt limit bill if the White House wants to raise the debt limit by a larger amount than was in the leg
  
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• Jeffries warns: House Democrats won’t rubber stamp debt ceiling deal 

  25-05-2023 20:25 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Thursday that members of his Democratic Caucus will not automatically back a debt ceiling deal cut between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).Asked if GOP leaders have miscalculated in assuming that House Democrats will help Republicans pass a Biden-backed bill through the lower chamber, Jeffries didn’t hesitate. “Yes,” he told reporters.It’s highly unlikely that the White House and Democratic
  
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• White House releases national strategy to fight antisemitism

  25-05-2023 17:23 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Thursday rolled out its national strategy for combating antisemitism as the country grapples with record levels of violence, vandalism and hate speech directed at Jewish communities.President Biden, second gentleman Doug Emhoff and other officials detailed the strategy during a virtual event from the White House. It is the first time the federal government has formulated a national effort to fight antisemitism, and the administration’s effort contains more than 100 provi
  
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• Dozens of Democrats join GOP in passing bill on fentanyl-related drug penalties

  25-05-2023 17:12 via thehill.com
  
  Legislation to permanently classify fentanyl-like substances into a category reserved for the most dangerous drugs passed the House Thursday.The GOP-sponsored HALT Fentanyl Act passed 289-133 with support from 74 Democrats, who wanted to be on record as supporting legislation intended to crack down on the synthetic opioid crisis. But the majority of House Democrats opposed the measure, exposing intraparty fault lines. Republicans say fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances (FRS) are p
  
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• Civil rights groups to Biden: 'Take all actions within your authority' to protect undocumented immigrants

  25-05-2023 16:11 via thehill.com
  
  A coalition of civil rights groups is calling on President Biden to pull no punches in using the powers of the presidency to protect undocumented immigrants from criminalization and deportation.In a letter to Biden Wednesday, the groups urged the president to "immediately take all actions within your authority to protect undocumented immigrants, many of whom have resided here for years, throughout the United States."The letter said that protecting undocumented immigrants, especially those who've
  
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• Biden marks anniversary of George Floyd murder with call for police reform legislation 

  25-05-2023 13:46 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden early Thursday marked the three-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder with a push for Congress to pass police reform legislation.  “George Floyd’s murder exposed for many what Black and Brown communities have long known and experienced — that we must make a whole of society commitment to ensure that our Nation lives up to its founding promise of fair and impartial justice for all under the law,” Biden said in a statement.  A white polic
  
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• Why complaints from the left and right on the debt ceiling talks point to progress

  25-05-2023 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Liberals and conservatives are balking at the emerging debt ceiling agreement between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — a development that may complicate life for party leaders over the long term, but also signals progress in the immediate effort to prevent a government default.Biden’s liberal allies are fuming that the nascent deal cuts too much. Members of McCarthy’s far-right faction say it cuts too little. And if the gripes sound familiar, it&rsq
  
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• Meet McCarthy’s closers on debt ceiling talks

  25-05-2023 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  High-stakes debt limit talks are underscoring the importance to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) of two key allies: Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) and Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.).The two Republicans were integral in helping McCarthy secure the Speaker’s gavel in the 15-ballot, drawn-out election at the start of the year.Now, they are key GOP negotiators in debt ceiling talks with the White House that will test whether McCarthy can extract a deal that raises the nation’s borrowing limi
  
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• Liberals and conservatives are bashing the emerging debt deal — and that's progress

  25-05-2023 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Liberals and conservatives are balking at the emerging debt ceiling agreement between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — a development that may complicate life for party leaders over the long term, but also signals progress in the immediate effort to prevent a government default.Biden’s liberal allies are fuming that the nascent deal cuts too much. Members of McCarthy’s far-right faction say it cuts too little. And if the gripes sound familiar, it&rsqu
  
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• GOP attack on IRS funding runs counter to deficit reduction effort

  25-05-2023 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The GOP is pushing to cut IRS enforcement funding as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling, when doing so will actually add to the national debt, according to Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates.Republicans have railed against the additional $80 billion Democrats awarded to the IRS as part of the Inflation Reduction Act last year, and now they’re prioritizing its repeal over reducing the deficit.In a memo sent to colleagues on Wednesday, House Budget Committee member Chip Roy (R
  
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• Democrats seek unlikely debt ceiling savior: Mitch McConnell 

  25-05-2023 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  With time running short and the danger of a national default growing, Democrats are hoping an unlikely savior will come to the rescue: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.). Democratic lawmakers say McConnell and other Senate Republicans are fooling themselves if they think Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is in a position to reach a debt ceiling deal with President Biden. They believe McCarthy is under tremendous pressure not to agree to any deal Democrats would accept becau
  
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• Progressives turn up heat on Biden amid fears he'll cave to GOP

  25-05-2023 01:36 via thehill.com
  
  Progressives are ramping up public pressure on Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) amid growing concerns that President Biden will cave to the GOP on the debt ceiling talks. Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.); Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Greg Casar (D-Texas); and other high-profile liberal lawmakers convened Wednesday to address growing worries about Republicans’ unwillingness to budge on a debt limit deal and questions about how far
  
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• Democrats erupt in laughter after Greene calls for decorum in House

  25-05-2023 01:17 via thehill.com
  
  Democrats erupted in laughter on the House floor Wednesday when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — who was presiding over the chamber — called for decorum.The heckling came as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) was delivering floor remarks about the debt ceiling, which has been the subject of high-stakes negotiations between GOP lawmakers and the White House.As Scalise was urging the Senate and White House to take action on raising the borrowing limit — referen
  
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• Jeffries says length of spending caps and debt ceiling hike should match

  25-05-2023 00:41 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that the duration of the spending caps demanded by Republicans as part of any debt ceiling deal should match the length of time the government’s borrowing authority is extended.“It seems to me that if there's a resolution that involves a spending freeze, that that spending freeze should also match the length of time that the debt ceiling is suspended," Jeffries told reporters in the Capitol.The timeline question has been o
  
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• White House rips Comer, Greene for 'bizarre' probes of Biden

  25-05-2023 00:06 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Wednesday ripped GOP Reps. James Comer (Ky.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) for what it called “bizarre” congressional probes of President Biden and his family members, arguing that the investigations are politically motivated. White House spokesperson Ian Sams said in a memo that Comer, who serves as the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and other members of the panel have “aggressively” pursued politically motivated investigations of B
  
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• FTC investigating whether baby formula makers engaged in collusion in state contracts

  24-05-2023 23:48 via thehill.com
  
  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating whether baby formula makers colluded on bidding for state contracts, agency documents show.The commission opened the probe last year into bidding on state contracts for the Department of Agriculture’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which provides free formula to low-income families. The investigation was first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.In late January, the FTC req
  
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