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• Debt ceiling live updates: House passes rule vote

  31-05-2023 22:55 via thehill.com
  
  The debt ceiling bill is headed toward passage in the House Wednesday evening after it cleared a key procedural hurdle.The House voted 241-187 to pass the rule governing debate on the measure, setting it up for a final vote. That vote wasn't without drama, however, as more than two dozen Republicans voted "no" and more than 50 Democrats bucked tradition to push the rule across the finish.A final vote around 8:30 p.m. The bill requires a simple majority to pass in the House.
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• Debt ceiling live updates: Debate rule passes House, with Dems covering gap

  31-05-2023 22:55 via thehill.com
  
  The debt ceiling bill is headed toward passage in the House Wednesday evening after it cleared a key procedural hurdle.The House voted 241-187 to pass the rule governing debate on the measure, setting it up for a final vote. That vote wasn't without drama, however, as more than two dozen Republicans voted "no" and more than 50 Democrats bucked tradition to push the rule across the finish.A final vote around 8:30 p.m. The bill requires a simple majority to pass in the House.
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• House gets debt ceiling bill over key procedural hurdle — with Democratic help

  31-05-2023 22:32 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans on Wednesday passed the rule governing debate on bipartisan legislation to lift the debt ceiling, a procedural hurdle that paves the way for final passage of the bill later in the day — but not without an emergency assist from Democrats.Lawmakers approved the rule in a vote of 241-187, just days before June 5, the day Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the U.S. could plunge into default if the borrowing limit is not raised.But the vote was not without a good de
  
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• Greene says McCarthy will release Jan. 6 tapes to three more outlets

  31-05-2023 22:23 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced Wednesday that three additional media outlets will receive access to footage from the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol.  “Huge news: As I promised the J6 tapes will be released,” Greene tweeted.Greene said in her post that three outlets will receive “unfettered access to the J6 tapes,” noting that reporting on it will start Thursday. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), according to Greene, will give the tapes to Just th
  
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• Progressives vent frustration as debt limit bill nears final vote

  31-05-2023 21:42 via thehill.com
  
  House progressives are expressing dismay over the debt limit deal hammered out by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), worried that it could set a dangerous precedent for GOP-steamrolling in the future.A number of the left wing’s heavyweights, including Progressive Caucus Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), have come out against the deal on principle, which is expected to head to the floor for a vote as soon as this evening. Wh
  
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• White House: ‘No evidence’ Biden accuser is part of Russian influence operation

  31-05-2023 21:06 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Wednesday said it has not seen an indication Tara Reade, who has accused President Biden of sexually assaulting her, is part of a Russian influence operation after she shared publicly that she was defecting to the country.There is “no evidence or proof” of Reade being part of such an operation and no information linking her to an operation out of Moscow, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.“I would let this prospective Russian citize
  
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• Debt ceiling live updates: McCarthy braces for key test before final vote

  31-05-2023 20:56 via thehill.com
  
  The debt ceiling bill moved to the full House on Wednesday, with Republican leadership aiming to ensure the package Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden finalized over the weekend will pass.The House has begun debating the rule governing the bill, and some Republican opponents of the legislation are making a last-ditch attempt to derail the measure by pledging to vote "no" on the rule.That vote is expected at 3:30 p.m., before the House moves on to a final vote around
  
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• Trump eying 'most spectacular' yearlong 250th birthday celebration for US if elected

  31-05-2023 20:48 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump is eying a “spectacular” yearlong celebration of the country’s 250th birthday from 2025 into 2026 if he returns to the White House. Trump’s campaign said in a release on Wednesday that Trump plans to convene a White House task force called “Salute to America 250” to coordinate with state and local governments to hold semiquincentennial festivities across the United States from Memorial Day 2025 to July 4, 2026. “Three yea
  
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• Republicans defend tougher work requirements but challenge cost estimates

  31-05-2023 20:44 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans defend push for tougher work requirements for food stamps, challenge cost estimatesRepublicans are defending changes to work requirements for recipients of food stamps included in a legislative deal hashed out by GOP leadership and the White House to raise the debt limit, challenging estimates that show the push could ultimately lead to more spending for the program.As part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, both sides have agreed to tighten work requirements by rais
  
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• McCarthy says Biden 'walled off' all but 11 percent of budget for cuts

  31-05-2023 20:42 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Wednesday that President Biden “walled off” all but 11 percent of the federal budget for spending cuts in their debt ceiling negotiations.“We only got to look at 11 percent of the budget to find these cuts,” McCarthy said in an interview on Fox News Channel’s “The Faulkner Focus,” adding that it was “because the president walled off all the others.”“The majority driver of the budget is mand
  
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• Biden: 'Things are going as planned' on debt ceiling bill passing House

  31-05-2023 19:49 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Wednesday said that he believes that things are going according to plan so far for the House to pass the bipartisan debt ceiling package despite several Democrats and Republicans vowing to vote in opposition of the measure.“We’re going to deal with the debt ceiling,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office. “I think things are going as planned, God willing.”Biden said he is hopeful that by the time he lands in Colorado later Wednesday even
  
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• Democrats put potential headache of passing debt ceiling rule on McCarthy

  31-05-2023 18:51 via thehill.com
  
  House Democratic leaders warned Wednesday that it will be up to Republicans to pass the rule governing the debt ceiling increase, pushing the burden onto Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to rally enough Republican support on the procedural measure allowing a final vote on legislation to prevent a default.“In regards to the rule, it’s very simple: The majority is responsible for passing the rule,” Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), the Democratic whip, told reporters in the Capit
  
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• Bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus endorses debt deal

  31-05-2023 18:50 via thehill.com
  
  The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus endorsed the bill to raise the debt ceiling and add new caps on spending, as party leaders work to whip members ahead of an expected vote on Wednesday night.The caucus’s co-chairs, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (R-N.J.) and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.) praised the bill as fiscally responsible in a joint statement on Wednesday, and Gottheimer said their caucus “will play a key role in getting this legislation across the finish line and preventing a def
  
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• Debt ceiling live updates: McCarthy faces more 'no' votes

  31-05-2023 18:20 via thehill.com
  
  Debate over the debt ceiling deal moves to the full House on Wednesday, with Republican leadership aiming to ensure the package Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden finalized over the weekend will pass.The bill requires a simple majority in the House.
  The measure cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday evening when it passed out of the Rules Committee on a 7-6 vote.With Republican rules requiring a 72-hour reading period for a bill, voting will not begin in the House
  
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• Utah Republican announces resignation from Congress

  31-05-2023 18:15 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) announced Wednesday that he will resign from Congress, citing his wife's health issues.“It has been one of the great honors of my life to serve the good people of Utah in Congress,” Stewart said in a statement. “My wife and I have made so many dear friends and memories throughout our journey. I can say with pride that I have been an effective leader for my beloved home state, and I’m honored to have played an important role in guiding our nati
  
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• Watch live: John Kirby joins White House press briefing

  31-05-2023 17:30 via thehill.com
  
  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will give a daily press briefing Wednesday afternoon, joined by National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby.Among subjects Kirby may address are Uganda's widely condemned anti-LGBTQ measures just signed into law, North Korea’s recent provocative but failed military satellite launch and the use of drones to attack sites in Moscow, presumably in support of Ukraine. Jean-Pierre yesterday noted that American weapo
  
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• Clyburn prays for 'swift justice' in 'senseless murder' of 14-year-old Black boy falsely accused of shoplifting

  31-05-2023 17:18 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) is condemning the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old Black boy by a convenience store clerk in Columbia, S.C.In a statement this week, Clyburn said he is praying for “swift justice” for Cyrus Carmack-Belton, who was shot in the back after a convenience store owner falsely accused him of shoplifting on Sunday night. “I’m horrified and deeply saddened by the senseless murder of 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton in Columbia this weekend,” C
  
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• Watch live: Jeffries holds press briefing

  31-05-2023 17:00 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is giving a press briefing Wednesday, as a floor vote on the proposed debt ceiling deal approaches.Congressional leaders are working to rally support for the legislation ahead of Wednesday’s vote, just five days before a Monday deadline to raise the debt limit.A number of conservatives and some liberal House lawmakers have announced plans to vote against the bill, upping pressure on leaders to corral enough votes for the legislation to cross t
  
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• Debt ceiling live coverage: Chorus of 'no' votes grows

  31-05-2023 16:34 via thehill.com
  
  Debate over the debt ceiling deal moves to the full House on Wednesday, with Republican leadership aiming to ensure the package Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden finalized over the weekend will pass.The bill requires a simple majority in the House.
  The measure cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday evening when it passed out of the Rules Committee on a 7-6 vote.With Republican rules requiring a 72-hour reading period for a bill, voting will not begin in the House
  
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• Live coverage: Debt limit deal hangs on bipartisan backing in House

  31-05-2023 15:05 via thehill.com
  
  Debate over the debt ceiling deal moves to the full House on Wednesday, with Republican leadership aiming to ensure the package that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) finalized with President Biden over the weekend will pass.The bill requires a simple majority in the House.
  The measure cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday evening, when it passed out of the Rules Committee on a 7-6 vote.With Republican rules requiring a 72-hour reading period for a bill, voting will not begin in
  
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• State officials ask Yellen for clarity on what will happen if debt bill doesn't pass by June 5

  31-05-2023 15:00 via thehill.com
  
  Top financial officers from 20 different states on Wednesday wrote to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen seeking clarity in the event lawmakers do not vote to raise the debt ceiling in time and the U.S. defaults.“As state financial officers, not only are we investors in and holders of federal debt, but we are also responsible for safeguarding the adequacy of state funds to ensure the ability to provide necessary public services without interruption,” the financial officers wrote in the
  
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• White House, GOP both claim victory on student loans in debt limit bill

  31-05-2023 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The hot-button issue of student loans has found its way into the high-stakes debt ceiling deal, with Republicans claiming a victory that the end of the pandemic-era payment pause is locked in and the White House arguing that no concessions were made.The debt deal outlines that the pause ends 60 days after June 30, which takes off the table another extension that advocates were hoping to extract from President Biden. Biden had outlined in November that payments would resume either 60 days af
  
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• McCarthy's future on the line as he whips debt ceiling deal

  31-05-2023 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  He got President Biden to negotiate. And then he got a deal. Now, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is in the final phase of his debt ceiling saga: Whipping up enough support for the bill in the House GOP conference to secure his political future.Basic political wisdom dictates that McCarthy needs a majority of House Republicans to support the bill in order to maintain his political power, and McCarthy has repeatedly said that he will meet that standard. He knows he’ll need Democratic hel
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez says she's voting against debt limit bill

  31-05-2023 04:59 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is planning to vote against the debt limit bill on Wednesday as the Treasury Department's June 5 deadline for a default fast approaches, according to her office.
  The New York lawmaker, one of the highest-profile progressives in Congress, had earlier signaled she would oppose the legislation.“My red line has already been surpassed,” Ocasio-Cortez said earlier this month. “I mean, where do we start? [No] clean debt ceiling. Work requirements
  
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• Debt ceiling bill clears key procedural hurdle to advance to House floor

  31-05-2023 03:07 via thehill.com
  
  The House Rules Committee advanced the debt ceiling bill to the floor Tuesday night, clearing a key hurdle as the legislation faces opposition from both Democrats and Republicans.The panel voted 7-6 to adopt the rule — which governs debate on the legislation — with Republican Reps. Chip Roy (Texas) and Ralph Norman (S.C.) joining all Democrats in opposing the rule.Adoption of the rule allows the debt limit bill to advance to the floor for debate and a vote on Wednesday, just five day
  
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• Greene leaning towards yes on ‘s--- sandwich’ debt bill — but she also wants impeachment

  31-05-2023 02:29 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Tuesday that she’s inclined to support the bipartisan debt ceiling proposal set to hit the House floor on Wednesday, but she first wants to secure a commitment from GOP leaders to move several other proposals in the future, including the impeachment of President Biden or a top cabinet official. “If you have to eat a shit sandwich, you want to have sides, OK? It makes it much better,” Greene told reporters just outside the Capitol of
  
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• Greene leaning toward yes on ‘s--- sandwich’ debt bill — but she also wants impeachment

  31-05-2023 02:29 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Tuesday that she’s inclined to support the bipartisan debt ceiling proposal set to hit the House floor Wednesday, but she first wants to secure a commitment from GOP leaders to move several other proposals in the future, including the impeachment of President Biden or a top cabinet official. “If you have to eat a shit sandwich, you want to have sides, OK? It makes it much better,” Greene told reporters just outside the Capitol offi
  
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• House Republican says there won't be a default if debt bill fails

  31-05-2023 02:10 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) on Tuesday waved off concerns that there would be a default if Congress fails to pass the current proposal to raise the debt ceiling.“There's no default. That's a silly, scary narrative,” Good said in an interview on NewsNation’s The Hill, adding, “It only takes $70 billion a month to pay the interest on the nation's debt, which of course, that's a true default when you can't pay your interest on your debt, you can't meet your obligation.” 
  
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• White House officially withdraws nominations of two judges, NHTSA director

  31-05-2023 01:43 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Tuesday formally withdrew the nominations of two judicial picks and President Biden's choice to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) after each faced roadblocks to confirmation in the Senate.Biden pulled the nomination of Michael Delaney to serve on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, roughly two weeks after sources first indicated the president would do so.Delaney’s nomination had been in limbo in the Senate Judiciary Committee, with Democr
  
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• Heritage Action opposes debt deal bill, makes it a ‘key vote’

  31-05-2023 01:08 via thehill.com
  
  Heritage Action, the advocacy arm of the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, is taking an official position against the debt limit compromise bill.The group on Wednesday will send a “key vote” notice against the bill, The Hill has learned.
  Members’ votes will count on Heritage Action’s legislative scorecard, a metric of conservatism that holds weight with many Republican members of Congress, campaign donors, and voters.Heritage Action’s opposition marks a b
  
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