Scoop: Jeffries, McCarthy cut side-deal to save debt ceiling bill

[RandySF]

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) quietly cut a deal for Democrats to vote to advance the bipartisan debt ceiling bill to a final vote, according to four Democratic lawmakers briefed on the matter.

Why it matters: The 52 Democratic votes were necessary for the bill to clear a procedural hurdle after 29 Republicans voted against moving it to last night's final vote, in which it was approved 314-117.

The details of the deal have been tightly held, but a source said they expect more details to be made available soon.

The deal involves boosting federal spending set aside for projects in Democrats’ districts, what’s known as earmarks or “community project funding,” according to two senior lawmakers.

One lawmaker said the deal boosts earmarks to Democrats to bring them "closer to parity" with what Republicans receive in such funds in the GOP-led House.




https://www.axios.com/2023/06/01/jeffries-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-bill-side-deal

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. Biden and Jeffries own McCarthy now

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Seriously, Dems bailed him out of a disastrous bad position

He knows who are the "burn it down" caucus now. Only the Democrats made sure smart politics occurred.

[2naSalit]

5. They offered him...

escape from trumpwerld. He sure has a different look about him now. Maybe that included a divorce from large marge.

[Polybius]

22. MTG voted for the bill

She is pretty close to McCarthy.

[2naSalit]

23. I think she's nervous...

That she isn't the only one who can lead him around by the nose. He wanted this Bill to pass so she went along... not that she was all over the media touting her shit sandwich meme.

She's not secure in her grip on kevin's balls right now, he sure came out of the negotiations with a different tone.

[SouthernDem4ever]

27. Well maybe marge is learning how governent is supposed to work

she obviously has had no clue up to this point.

[2naSalit]

28. I think...

She's beyond any ability to see how anything works.

[SouthernDem4ever]

29. Maybe so but not spewing vomitous rhetoric for only 23 hours a day instead of 24 is progress.

[GoCubsGo]

11. Yep, and it almost like Jeffries is the "Shadow Speaker" at this point.

McCarthy can't keep his speakership without the Dems, let alone get anything passed. Hakim Jeffries is going to have a lot more say as to what gets done from here on out, regardless of who is Speaker, given how divided the GOPers are right now.

[2naSalit]

24. +1

[czarjak]

16. Liberally, hopefully.

[Freethinker65]

3. Very interesting.

What will Kevin do to keep the speakership? He will be challenged, especially if he keeps his word and boosts earmarks to Democrats.

[Matthew28]

6. Probably the same thing

Probably ask the democrats to make sure he remains speaker for responsible governance. Possibly a reasonable budget in september?

[former9thward]

7. It takes 218 to remove him.

Where are those votes going to come from? Not Republicans -- maybe 20 at the most. Who else?

[lastlib]

14. If Dems vote party-line for Jefrries, Kevin the Jellyfish would be out....

...if more than half of the howler-monkey caucus won't vote for him.

[former9thward]

19. Nope.

You are jumping what needs to be done. It takes 218 to remove the Speaker BEFORE there can be a vote on another Speaker. Are you saying Dems will unite with the far right to remove him?

[lastlib]

20. (I stand corrected.)

[sheshe2]

4. McCarthy

Owned.

[2naSalit]

25. And not by large marge.

[sheshe2]

26. 🤣🤣🤣

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Leader Hakeem Jeffries will make a great Speaker

[Cheezoholic]

13. Agree but the dudes got to stop with the hands

really like him but I can't watch him for long without ducking lol.

[Joinfortmill]

9. Good. Pelosi made a good choice

[ZonkerHarris]

10. hahahahaha McCarthy is so bad at politics. Pelosi must be laughing her ass off tonight

[czarjak]

18. Bad. Is. Good. (For us)

[betsuni]

12. K&R

[brer cat]

15. K&R

[republianmushroom]

17. It has also been called "Pork

The deal involves boosting federal spending set aside for projects in Democrats’ districts, what’s known as earmarks or “community project funding,” according to two senior lawmakers.

[The Mouth]

21. *everybody* likes pork

Actually it's 'pork' when it's in someone else's district, it's 'vitally needed infrastructure and community services' when it's in *my* district (Just like it's "Gerrymandering" when the other side does it- a joke older than the Republican party).

[fishwax]

30. Good work, Jeffries! This also clearly shows why democratic opposition to the deal was essential to

get the best deal we could.