House Republicans are pushing their debt ceiling package to a vote as soon as Wednesday as Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his leadership team huddled with key holdouts late into Tuesday evening, working to ensure they would have majority support for passage.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., left, and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, confer before the House Rules Committee meets to prepare Speaker Kevin McCarthy's debt ceiling package for the floor, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 25, 2023.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., left, and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, confer before the House Rules Committee meets to prepare Speaker Kevin McCarthy's debt ceiling package for the floor, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 25, 2023.
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