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After night of negotiating, does GOP have votes for debt limit bill?
Good morning, US politics blog readers. Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives were up into the wee hours of Wednesday mornings negotiating among themselves to clinch the votes needed to pass the Limit, Save, Grow Act, which would increase the debt ceiling while also slashing government spending and enacting a number of conservative policies. Democrats will not vote for it and it will not pass the Senate, which they control, at least without substantial changes. So, the question today is: did speaker Kevin McCarthy succeed at convincing enough members of his small and fractious Republican majority to vote for the bill? Will it even be voted on today? Follow this blog to find out.
Here’s what else is going on today:
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The Senate health, education and labor committee will vote on the nomination of Julie Su to serve as labor secretary, but it’s unclear if she has the votes to be confirmed by the whole chamber.
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Joe Biden will host South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol at the White House, where they’ll have a joint press conference (rare for Biden) at 12:30 pm eastern time and then a state dinner in the evening.
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Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson will formally announce his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination at 11:05 am.
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