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." |
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"I have no idea what he's talking about, particularly because I have not been able to review the actual legislative text. All that we've reached is an agreement in principle," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told CBS's Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation." |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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." |
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New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said on Sunday that he'll decide whether to get in the 2024 presidential race "in the next week or two." |
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are "in a fact-free zone as well as an ethics-free zone" in light of the ethical issues that have been raised about the members of the court recently. |
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