Kevin McCarthy faces a steep challenge in cobbling together the 218 votes he needs to pass a proposed debt ceiling increase by his new self-imposed deadline.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a steep challenge in cobbling together the 218 votes he needs to pass a: Top Republicans say they want the bill on the floor by next week, but members across the GOP conference have a range of reservations about a proposal that's still incomplete.
"This is the single biggest point of leverage that will exist in these two years," said another Republican lawmaker.while slashing spending – but a half dozen House Republicans, more than enough to sink the bill, said they are still not sold. Rep. Andy Biggs , a former chair of the right-wing Freedom Caucus, said McCarthy's proposal to keep non-discretionary, non-defense at 2022 levels is a "long ways away" from his demand to bring it down to pre-pandemic levels., so I don’t get invited to any of these deals," said Biggs, "But I think it’s unfortunate that he doesn’t want to hear from everybody.”
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