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• Clyburn on debt ceiling deal: 'A lot of whining on the right,' 'Concern on the left'

  28-05-2023 21:33 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) projected confidence in the debt-ceiling deal getting enough support to pass Congress, despite what he described as “a lot of whining on the right” and “concern on the left.”“I think we’ll get this done. I understand there’s a lot of whining on the right, there are a lot of concern on the left, but I do believe, that in the final analysis, both parties will come together and we are going to have an agreement that the American pe
  
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• 5 takeaways: Biden, McCarthy strike deal to raise debt limit

  28-05-2023 21:22 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached an agreement in principle to raise the debt limit Saturday night, capping off days of high-stakes negotiations between emissaries for the White House and GOP conference.The deal raises the debt limit for two years, beefs up work requirements on federal public assistance programs and claws back unused COVID spending, among other provisions.But key steps remain before Biden can sign the agreement and avert a default ahead of next week&r
  
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• McCarthy on debt limit deal: ‘There’s a lot in here for both sides’

  28-05-2023 20:27 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Sunday said there are provisions in the debt limit agreement that both Democrats and Republicans can support, an apparent reversal from his statement earlier in the day that the nascent agreement struck between GOP lawmakers and the White House included “not one thing” for Democrats.“There’s a lot in here for both sides,” McCarthy told reporters in the Capitol when asked about his comments earlier in the morning.Hours earlier, ho
  
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• Biden, McCarthy face potential revolt over debt ceiling deal

  28-05-2023 19:47 via thehill.com
  
  Neither the right flank of the Republican party nor some Democrats are happy with the deal that President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) struck to raise the nation’s debt limit alongside some policy reforms and spending clawbacks.In one of the most colorful criticisms of the agreement, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) characterized it as a “turd-sandwich” on Sunday morning, after vowing in another tweet that he would try to stop the expected bill from making it out of the l
  
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• McCarthy: 'Not at all' concerned about losing Speakership amid conservative backlash to debt limit deal

  28-05-2023 19:30 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Sunday said he is “not at all” concerned about losing his leadership position as conservative lawmakers voice concerns with the debt limit deal struck between him and President Biden.“Not at all, not at all,” McCarthy told reporters in the Capitol when asked if he is worried he could face a vote on ousting him as Speaker.He also brushed off a question about conservative backlash to the deal within his party.“I’m not sure wh
  
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• Biden economic aide: Debt deal 'very typical' for divided government

  28-05-2023 19:23 via thehill.com
  
  National Economic Council Deputy Director Bharat Ramamurti on Sunday said the debt agreement reached in principle on Saturday between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is "very typical" of a divided government."What this does is basically resumes the normal budgeting process. There's no significant changes to that. It is a two-year agreement on spending caps, which again, is a very typical conversation that you have when you have divided government," Ramamurti said on MSNBC's
  
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• Key Democrats pan Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal

  28-05-2023 19:05 via thehill.com
  
  Key Democrats crucial to putting a debt ceiling deal over the finish line were critical on Sunday of an agreement in principle that President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) struck the night before to lift the debt limit and cap spending over the next two years.They were not alone. Conservatives also knocked elements of the tentative deal, expressing their opposition using everything from vomiting emoji's to likening it to a "turd-sandwich."House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.
  
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• McCarthy ally defends debt ceiling deal, says he's confident it'll pass

  28-05-2023 18:45 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) on Sunday praised the deal in principle struck by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to raise the debt ceiling and cap spending, adding that he is confident the bill will have the necessary votes to pass."I feel confident that we'll have those votes after people review the text, talk with their colleagues, compare it to our goals. Speaker McCarthy is the only person who has demonstrated urgency on this point, starting when he was sworn in and starting
  
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• Chip Roy blasts Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal as 'turd-sandwich' 

  28-05-2023 18:13 via thehill.com
  
  Conservative Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) blasted the tentative debt deal struck by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden as a "turd-sandwich" and pushed back on McCarthy’s claim that “more than 95 percent of all those in the conference were very excited” about the deal.“1st - the leadership playbook is to line up cheerleading on phone calls to demonstrate 'unity.' 2nd, not 95% - I know of more no’s than that already. 3rd - they haven’t been educated
  
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• Jeffries cagey on Democratic support for debt ceiling deal

  28-05-2023 17:06 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday sidestepped questions on Democratic support for the spending and debt ceiling agreement reached by House Republicans and President Biden, saying his colleagues need to review the text of the agreement and be briefed by the White House.
  "I do expect that there will be Democratic support, once we have the ability to actually be fully briefed by the White House," Jeffries told CBS's Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation."
  "But I'm not going to
  
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• McCarthy defends debt ceiling deal amid conservative GOP pushback

  28-05-2023 16:52 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Sunday defended the debt ceiling deal Republicans made with the White House amid pushback from conservative GOP lawmakers who aren't satisfied with some of the terms of the agreement.President Biden and McCarthy came to an agreement late Saturday in principle to cap spending and raise the debt ceiling to avoid a national default. The agreement — which Biden and McCarthy each touted as a victory — includes raising the debt ceiling for two years rat
  
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• Moderate House Democrat pushes back on White House over debt deal

  28-05-2023 16:23 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Sunday he had not made up his mind over whether he'd support a tentative agreement between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to raise the debt ceiling, joining a chorus of Democrats who said they oppose elements of the deal in a push back on the White House.“I have not made up my mind. The whole enterprise is a corrupt enterprise, in terms of legislating this way, and I'm gonna listen to what the president's and his people's arguments are,
  
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• GOP rep: Work requirements for social benefit programs 'are not mean'

  28-05-2023 16:20 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) on Sunday said the expanded work requirements for able-bodied Americans on food stamps, reportedly included in the deal President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) struck in principle on Saturday to lift the debt ceiling and cap spending, are "not mean.""You cannot escape poverty without work. You just can't. It's got to be a part of the solution. These requirements are not mean," Johnson, who helped negotiate the deal, said on CNN's "State of the Union."
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• McCarthy: Student loan payment pause ‘gone’ under debt ceiling deal

  28-05-2023 16:15 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday that the student loan payment pause is "gone" in the debt ceiling deal announced by the California Republican and President Biden late Saturday night.
  "The pause is gone within 60 days of this being signed. So that is another victory because that brings in $5 billion each month to the American public," McCarthy told anchor Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday."McCarthy's remarks came after he and Biden came to an agreement in principle late Saturday to cap spen
  
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• Jayapal: Biden should worry progressive caucus won't support debt ceiling deal

  28-05-2023 16:09 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chairwoman of the House Progressive Caucus, on Sunday indicated the White House and congressional Democrats should have worries that her group won't support the debt ceiling deal that President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) struck Saturday night.
  "Democrats watching at the White House right now, your friend Hakeem Jeffries, others. Do they still have to worry about the Progressive Caucus and whether or not your caucus will support-" host Jake Tapper
  
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• McCarthy on debt deal: Jeffries says there's 'not one thing in the bill for Democrats'

  28-05-2023 15:47 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Sunday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told him that Democrats don't see "one thing" in the debt ceiling deal in their favor, as lawmakers on both sides blasted the framework of an agreement reached late the night before."Right now the Democrats are very upset," McCarthy told anchor Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday." "But one thing Hakeem told me: there's nothing in the bill for them. There's not one thing in the bill for Democrats."He
  
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• McCarthy: Jeffries says there's 'not one thing in the bill for Democrats'

  28-05-2023 15:47 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Sunday that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told him that Democrats don't see "one thing" in the debt ceiling deal in their favor, as lawmakers on both sides blasted the framework of an agreement reached late the night before."Right now the Democrats are very upset," McCarthy told anchor Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday." "But one thing Hakeem told me: there's nothing in the bill for them. There's not one thing in the bill for Democrats."He
  
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• Conservative House Republicans knock debt ceiling deal 

  28-05-2023 14:51 via thehill.com
  
  Conservative House Republicans are already voicing criticism about the agreement in principle to cap spending and raise the debt ceiling announced late Saturday as the White House and GOP leadership work to avoid a default on the nation's debt.  Rep. Dan Bishop (R) tweeted a vomiting emoji to express his thoughts on the proposed deal, noting that RINOS, or Republicans in Name Only, were “congratulating [Speaker Kevin] McCarthy [(R-Calif.)] for getting almost zippo in exchange for $4T
  
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• Spending and debt ceiling plan: What's next? 

  28-05-2023 14:05 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached an agreement in principle late Saturday to cap spending and raise the debt ceiling in an effort to avoid a potentially disastrous financial crisis. Attention is now focusing on the release of the legislative text, which is being finalized. McCarthy said that he will abide by the 72-hour rule — providing lawmakers a full three days to read the text of the legislation before they’re asked to vote on it — and could
  
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  28-05-2023 13:51
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• Here's what's in the deal to raise the debt ceiling

  28-05-2023 06:03 via thehill.com
  
  Negotiators for President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) struck an agreement late Saturday on government spending that will raise the debt ceiling and avert a looming default.The deal, which must still make its way through the House and Senate in the coming days, came together after days of intense negotiations to resolve disagreements over work requirements, spending caps and other issues.Both Biden and McCarthy touted the agreement as a win late Saturday, but they must now sell th
  
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• Biden touts tentative debt deal as 'good news for the American people'

  28-05-2023 04:18 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Saturday hailed the tentative budget agreement struck between the White House and Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) team to avert a default and raise the debt ceiling."The agreement represents a compromise, which means not everyone gets what they want," Biden said in a statement. "That’s the responsibility of governing."The president said the deal, which will be voted on in the coming days, "reduces spending while protecting critical programs for working people and gro
  
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• Biden, McCarthy reach debt ceiling deal to avoid default

  28-05-2023 02:59 via thehill.com
  
  Top leaders in both parties reached a long-sought deal on Saturday to avoid an unprecedented government default, announcing an agreement on a plan to lift the debt ceiling immediately and apply new caps on federal spending in the name of curbing deficits, according to sources familiar.To get there, negotiators had to iron out their differences on a small but crucial list of outstanding issues that had dogged the talks in recent days, including spending levels, new work requirements for social be
  
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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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