Bill daily6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() “We were operating with hostage takers who were attempting to take no prisoners. Helping matters was that the end deal exceeded expectations that the House Republicans had set after having successfully passed their own, far more conservative version of a debt ceiling hike in late April. That gave Biden some space to engage in negotiations. But when it became clear that Republicans would not support a “clean” lift of the debt ceiling, Democrats said they felt a collective sense of being in the trenches. Progressives, in particular, remained upset that the president backtracked on his pledge to not negotiate around the debt ceiling at all. Not all Democrats left the process happy. “I don’t know if he’s that lucky or that skillful. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said of the president, a close ally who Biden explicitly asked to help sell the bill in one of their regular conservations throughout the process. It was a major victory for Biden, not just preventing an economic calamity that could have come with a debt ceiling breach but proving - five months into a divided government - that the White House and House Democrats have persevered through what seemed, at times, like a rocky relationship. Many of those Democrats who had voiced opposition to the bill praised the White House for negotiating what they still consider to be a terrible piece of legislation and, ultimately, supported it. On Wednesday evening, 165 House Democratic voted for the Biden-McCarthy bill, more than the 149 House Republicans who supported the measure. ‘Crisis averted': Biden touts economic bonafides in first Oval Office address ![]()
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