The U.S. Senate passed a Republican-led bill on Thursday that would put an end to President Joe Biden&#8217;s plan to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/student-debt-cancellation-may-cause-some-disenrolled-college-students-to-return-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cancel massive amounts of student debt</a> — and immediately lift the freeze on student loan payments and interest.
The Senate passed the measure on Thursday with a 52-46 vote — mostly along party lines, but Senators John Tester (D-MT), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) joined Republicans and tipped the scales in their favor. Two other Democratic Senators — Michael Bennet of Colorado and Mark Warner of Virginia — did not cast a vote.
&#8220;@POTUS&#8216; student loan socialism would shift hundreds of billions of dollars in debt from high earners who chose to incur it onto American taxpayers who did not,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said. “But thanks to the leadership of @SenBillCassidy, @JohnCornyn, and @SenJoniErnst, the Senate has a chance to stop this.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>&#39; student loan socialism would shift hundreds of billions of dollars in debt from high earners who chose to incur it onto American taxpayers who did not. But thanks to the leadership of <a href="https://twitter.com/SenBillCassidy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenBillCassidy</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JohnCornyn</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJoniErnst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenJoniErnst</a>, the Senate has a chance to stop this.
&mdash; Leader McConnell (@LeaderMcConnell) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeaderMcConnell/status/1664292591804854273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The House passed the bill last week, but as POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/01/senate-repeals-bidens-student-debt-relief-00099682" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Thursday, neither the House nor the Senate passed the legislation by a wide enough margin to override the veto that will certainly come from the White House.
&#8220;Unfortunately, the president is guaranteed to veto the measure, and there are not enough Democrats in the House and Senate to be willing to override his veto,&#8221; Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) said.
Biden&#8217;s student loan cancellation program offers debt relief of up to $10,000 for borrowers who made less than $125,000 in 2020 and 2021 — or for married couples who made a combined total of less than $250,000 in that time. Borrowers who received Pell Grants are eligible for up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness.
The plan is <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/01/politics/student-loan-forgiveness-biden-senate-vote/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently awaiting a ruling</a> from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-prepares-to-hear-arguments-about-bidens-student-debt-cancellation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supreme Court</a> — which will likely come in late June or early July — to determine whether or not it can be allowed to take effect at all.
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Regardless of the high court&#8217;s decision, the debt ceiling deal that was just recently reached also includes a provision that would end the freeze on payments and interest — a move that the White House agreed to in part because they said it was always the plan to have borrowers resume their regular payments.

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Senate Passes Bill Axing Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed the debt ceiling compromise <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20230529/BILLS-118hrPIH-fiscalresponsibility.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> on Wednesday that suspends the $31 trillion debt limit until a lame-duck session after the 2024 presidential election.
After an hour of debate, lawmakers advanced House Speaker Kevin McCarthy&#8217;s (R-CA) Fiscal Responsibility Act, a debt ceiling deal made with President Joe Biden that caused 71 Republicans and 46 Democrats to oppose the legislation. The final vote was 314 to 117 — 149 Republicans joining 165 Democrats.
&#8220;We&#8217;re finally bending the curve on discretionary spending because of this bill, and we&#8217;re doing it while at the same time raising our national defense and our veterans fully funded, with Social Security and Medicare preserved,&#8221; McCarthy said in a speech on the House floor, adding, &#8220;That is a major victory.&#8221;
After weeks of negotiations, Biden and McCarthy reached an &#8220;agreement in principle&#8221; over Memorial weekend.
Biden said the passage is a &#8220;critical step forward&#8221; to prevent a first-ever national economic default while touting the agreement&#8217;s Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid protections.
&#8220;Tonight, the House took a critical step forward to prevent a first-ever default and protect our country&#8217;s hard-earned and historic economic recovery,&#8221; Biden said, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/debt-ceiling-vote-live-updates-house-will-take-biden-mccarthy-plan-ton-rcna86870" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a>. &#8220;This budget agreement is a bipartisan compromise. Neither side got everything it wanted. That&#8217;s the responsibility of governing.&#8221;
&#8220;It protects critical programs that millions of hardworking families, students, and veterans count on,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;I have been clear that the only path forward is a bipartisan compromise that can earn the support of both parties. This agreement meets that test.&#8221;
Leading the GOP charge against the compromise, which would suspend the debt limit until January 2025 in exchange for various restraints on spending, was the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which views the agreement as being too watered down and weak on spending cuts.
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&#8220;No one sent us here to borrow an additional $4 trillion to get absolutely nothing in return,&#8221; Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/31/us/politics/debt-ceiling-house-vote.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said.
The Congressional Budget Office <a href="https://abc7.com/debt-ceiling-vote-house-rules-committee-time/13323085/#:~:text=The%2099%2Dpage%20bill%20would,default%20while%20limiting%20government%20spending.&amp;text=The%20House%20voted%20to%20pass,in%20averting%20a%20potential%20default." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said the debt would reduce by $1.5 trillion over the decade under the spending restrictions.
The bill now heads to the Senate, the members of which expect to take some immediate procedural steps. Biden has urged lawmakers to pass the bill before the U.S. defaults on its debt on June 5.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-wray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Wray</a> confirmed a file containing allegations of a <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/comer-and-grassley-on-fbi-failing-to-comply-with-subpoena-deadline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;criminal bribery scheme&#8221;</a> involving President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> really does exist, a top Republican lawmaker announced on Wednesday.
In a statement released after having a discussion with Wray, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) said the FBI leader offered to allow lawmakers to see the documents at FBI headquarters, but won&#8217;t commit to giving them to Congress — a clear sign that their standoff over a subpoena is far from over.
&#8220;We have been clear that anything short of producing these documents to the House Oversight Committee is not in compliance with the subpoena,&#8221; Comer said. &#8220;If the FBI fails to hand over the FD-1023 form as required by the subpoena, the House Oversight Committee will begin contempt of Congress proceedings.&#8221;
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🚨On my call with FBI Director Wray, the FBI finally confirmed the existence of the FD-1023 form alleging then-VP Joe Biden engaged in a criminal bribery scheme.
Anything short of producing these documents to <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GOPoversight</a> is not in compliance with my subpoena.
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&mdash; Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1663996975014895618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In a statement, the FBI said that during the call on Wednesday, Wray &#8220;offered to provide the Committee’s Chairman and Ranking Member an opportunity to review information responsive to the subpoena in a secure manner to accommodate the committee, while protecting the confidentiality and safety of sources and important investigative sensitivities.&#8221;
&#8220;The FBI has continually demonstrated its commitment to working with the Committee to accommodate its request, from scheduling briefings and calls to now allowing the Chair to review information in person,&#8221; the bureau added. &#8220;The FBI remains committed to cooperating with the Committee in good faith.&#8221;
A congressional source told The Daily Wire that Comer intends to view the file &#8220;in camera&#8221; at the FBI, which means there <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/14/politics/comer-biden-family-bank-activity-reports/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">will be restrictions</a>, although the chairman insisted that does not mean the subpoena will be fulfilled.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the ranking member of the Oversight Committee, said in a statement that he spoke with Wray in a separate call.
“Director Wray informed me that the FBI has agreed to accommodate the Committee’s request by making the document sought by Chairman Comer available for in person review,&#8221; <a href="https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-s-statement-following-call-with-fbi-director-chris-wray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Raskin said</a>. &#8220;The FBI will also provide context on the Trump Justice Department’s steps to follow up on the unsubstantiated, second-hand claims contained in this tip.&#8221;
Before now, Comer said the FBI would not acknowledge the existence of the file he sought. However, the FBI did issue warnings of the dangers of releasing unvetted information from confidential human sources that gets recorded by agents in FD-1023 forms.
&#8220;The FBI’s mission is to protect the American people. Releasing confidential source information could potentially jeopardize investigations and put lives at risk,&#8221; the bureau told The Daily Wire.
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Comer and his Senate colleague Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have said that whistleblower disclosures led them to <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/comer-and-grassley-on-fbi-failing-to-comply-with-subpoena-deadline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">believe</a> the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI have an unclassified FD-1023 form describing the alleged scheme involving Biden, dating back to his time as vice president, and a foreign national. Comer <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-grassley-blast-fbi-for-refusing-to-provide-subpoenaed-record-alleging-then-vp-biden-engaged-in-a-bribery-scheme/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">initially sent the subpoena</a> on May 3 with a May 10 deadline, but later extended it to Tuesday.
This particular FD-1023 form may reference some variant of &#8220;five million&#8221; and &#8220;June 30, 2020,&#8221; Comer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-puts-dollar-amount-on-alleged-biden-bribery-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote in a letter to Wray last week</a>. &#8220;These terms relate to the date on the FD-1023 form and its reference to the amount of money the foreign national allegedly paid to receive the desired policy outcome,&#8221; he added.
Further details about what the alleged scheme may entail have not been released, but the dollar amount and date indicate that it could be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-puts-dollar-amount-on-alleged-biden-bribery-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">related to Ukraine</a> or <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/10/18/bidens-5m-china-loan-part-of-pay-to-play-scheme-sen-grassley/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a>.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) addressed confidentiality issues in an <a href="https://hughhewitt.com/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-on-the-debt-limit-deal-and-the-looming-contempt-charge-for-fbi-director-christopher-wray/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview on Tuesday with radio host Hugh Hewitt</a>. &#8220;If there’s a concern about methods or areas of how we get it, redact names so we don’t see that. But you’ve got to show the document,&#8221; he said. McCarthy also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-prepared-to-hold-fbi-director-in-contempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made it clear</a> that he has Comer&#8217;s back in demanding the document and holding Wray in contempt, stressing that the FBI director is &#8220;not above the law.&#8221;
Democrats have accused their GOP counterparts of ignoring alleged misconduct by former President Donald Trump while trying to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-raise-alarm-about-biden-family-after-treasury-visit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dig up “dirt”</a> on the Biden family as Republican lawmakers raise concerns about <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-reveals-new-evidence-in-biden-familys-influence-peddling-schemes%EF%BF%BC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">influence peddling schemes</a> linked to countries around the world.
The White House, too, has shot back at Republicans. “This silly charade by Chairman Comer is yet another reminder that his so-called ‘investigations’ are political stunts not meant to get information but to spread thin innuendo and falsehoods to attack the President,&#8221; White House spokesperson Ian Sams said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/maxpcohen/status/1664017464672354307" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> Wednesday.
If the House, which is narrowly controlled by Republicans, were to <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/06/house-panel-contempt-efforts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approve a criminal contempt referral</a> to the DOJ, Wray could face a fine and up to a year&#8217;s imprisonment if federal prosecutors take up the case. There are also other forms of recourse, including civil enforcement, <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/06/house-panel-contempt-efforts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the American Bar Association</a>.
&#8220;Director Wray confirmed what my whistleblowers have told me pursuant to legally protected disclosures: the FBI-generated document is real, but the bureau has yet to provide it to Congress in defiance of a legitimate congressional subpoena. This failure comes with consequences,” Grassley said in a statement Wednesday.

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FBI Admits File On Biden ‘Criminal Bribery Scheme’ Is Real: Comer

FBI Admits File On Biden 'Criminal Bribery Scheme' Is Real: Comer

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-wray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Wray</a> received a vote of confidence from one of his predecessors, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comey</a>, as Wray faces the possibility of a contempt of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> vote.
During an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxVcvhHKJkk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview Wednesday</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>&#8216;s Poppy Harlow asked Comey whether Wray should give lawmakers a document believed to contain allegations of a <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/comer-and-grassley-on-fbi-failing-to-comply-with-subpoena-deadline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal &#8220;bribery&#8221; scheme</a> involving President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> that is now the center of a subpoena fight.
Comey declined to comment on the particular document, saying that he does not &#8220;know enough&#8221; about it, and when pressed, he shifted to speaking highly of Wray.
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Former FBI Director James Comey: “Director Wray is a person of principle. So, I am sure he is trying to ascertain what’s the right thing to do consistent with DOJ policy and tradition.”
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“Director Wray is a person of principle,&#8221; Comey said. &#8220;And so, I am sure he is trying to ascertain what’s the right thing to do, consistent with Department of Justice policy and tradition.&#8221;
House Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) announced Tuesday he would move forward with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-says-fbi-defied-subpoena-will-move-forward-with-contempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">holding Wray in contempt of Congress</a> because the bureau refused to provide unclassified documents subpoenaed by his panel. Comer has the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-prepared-to-hold-fbi-director-in-contempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">backing of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)</a>, who stressed in a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt that Wray is &#8220;not above the law.&#8221;
The FD-1023 form sought by lawmakers may reference some variant of &#8220;five million&#8221; and &#8220;June 30, 2020,&#8221; Comer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-puts-dollar-amount-on-alleged-biden-bribery-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote in a letter to Wray last week</a>. &#8220;These terms relate to the date on the FD-1023 form and its reference to the amount of money the foreign national allegedly paid to receive the desired policy outcome,&#8221; he added.
Wray is expected to speak over the phone with Comer on Wednesday, during which the FBI director plans to offer &#8220;additional information&#8221; as an &#8220;extraordinary accommodation,&#8221; an agency official <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000188-6e83-d191-afc8-6edf85000000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Comer in a letter</a> on Tuesday. The FBI has not publicly acknowledged the existence of the document sought by lawmakers but has warned of the dangers of releasing unvetted information from confidential human sources that gets recorded by agents in FD-1023 forms.
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Comey is no stranger to controversy, as he was fired as FBI director by President Donald Trump in 2017. A new report from special counsel <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-durham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Durham</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-john-durhams-years-long-investigation-into-trump-russia-collusion-investigators-is-over" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heavily criticizes</a> the bureau under Comey&#8217;s watch in how it conducted the investigation into alleged links between Trump&#8217;s 2016 campaign and Russia.
Still, even as some lawmakers talk about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nothing-is-off-the-table-jim-jordan-outlines-response-to-durham-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defunding</a> or disbanding the FBI amid concerns about the agency becoming politically weaponized, Comey dismissed the current quarrel as a temporary issue.
&#8220;These are the kind of kerfuffles that blow up every so often in D.C.,&#8221; Comey said. &#8220;Now it has ensnared the FBI. It will pass.&#8221;

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Far left Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) expressed her disgust in a <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/30/fake-aoc-twitter-account-musk-00099319" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweet</a> on Tuesday over a viral Twitter account that parodies the congresswoman.
The account, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Press Release (parody), <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/30/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-warns-twitter-of-parody-account-elevated-by-elon-musk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gained steam</a> after Twitter boss Elon Musk interacted with a tweet it posted which jokingly remarked, “This might be the wine talking, but I’ve got a crush on <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk">@elonmusk</a>,” to which the tech billionaire responded with a fire emoji.
The New York Democrat <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1663599965698916371" target="_blank" rel="noopener">informed</a> her Twitter followers, “FYI there’s a fake account on here impersonating me and going viral. The Twitter CEO has engaged it, boosting visibility. It is releasing false policy statements and gaining spread. I am assessing with my team how to move forward. In the meantime, be careful of what you see.&#8221;
The account was created in 2018 under the same parody theme, enjoying moderate success until the account went offline in May 2019. It began posting again on May 22 this year, with hundreds of tweets in the past week.
Some of the <a href="https://twitter.com/AOCpress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">highlights</a> of parody account include:
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<li>“I’m having my staff report every single tweet that makes fun of me to the DOJ.”</li>
<li>“If @elonmusk wants to have a chance with me, he’ll immediately ban the parody account of me. This is like literally not funny.”</li>
<li>“To make windmills more effective &#8211; when the wind doesn’t blow, we should have helicopters hover over each of them and keep them turning year round.”</li>
<li>“Every time my boyfriend farts &#8211; I make him plant a tree to offset his carbon emissions.”</li>
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The account’s blue checkmark, offered to Twitter Blue subscribers for $8 a month, was temporarily removed on Tuesday for an unknown reason, <a href="https://twitter.com/AOCpress/status/1663644878092263426" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the account owner. It was <a href="https://twitter.com/AOCpress/status/1663654446541201410" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reinstated</a> several hours later. Many have speculated that the parody account might have violated the Twitter Blue terms of service as being “misleading and deceptive,” but many have pointed out that AOC’s Twitter account has millions more followers and a gray check mark given to all “government or multilateral” representatives.

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Manchin</a> (D-WV) is poised to score a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/oil-and-gas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">natural gas</a> pipeline victory with the bipartisan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/debt-ceiling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill to raise the debt ceiling</a>.
A provision in the <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20230529/BILLS-118hrPIH-fiscalresponsibility.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023</a>, which arose out of negotiations between the White House and Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA), aims to expedite the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), which stretches over 300 miles from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/west-virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">West Virginia</a> to southern Virginia.
&#8220;Last summer, I introduced legislation to complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline. I am pleased Speaker McCarthy and his leadership team see the tremendous value in completing the MVP to increase domestic energy production and drive down costs across America and especially in West Virginia,&#8221; <a href="https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/icymi-manchin-secures-mvp-in-debt-ceiling-agreement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manchin said</a> in a statement.
&#8220;I am proud to have fought for this critical project and to have secured the bipartisan support necessary to get it across the finish line,&#8221; he added.
Under the debt ceiling legislation, federal agencies are directed to authorize outstanding permits for the pipeline. The bill also dictates that no court shall have jurisdiction to review their actions. Any challenges to this provision would be decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a shift away from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit that has issued a ruling <a href="https://www.wboy.com/news/west-virginia/mountain-valley-pipelines-water-permit-blocked-by-federal-court/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">holding up constriction</a> of the pipeline.
The MVP website says total project work for the pipeline was <a href="https://www.mountainvalleypipeline.info/overview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about 94% complete</a> as of spring 2023.
The White House agreed to include the pipeline language in the bill to make good on a commitment to accelerate energy infrastructure permitting as part of an arrangement with Manchin to secure his support for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-signs-740-billion-inflation-reduction-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last year&#8217;s Inflation Reduction Act</a>, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/05/31/debt-deal-mountain-valley-pipeline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to The Washington Post</a>. &#8220;It was going to move forward with or without this bill,&#8221; White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday.
Environmental groups are unhappy with the MVP provision being tucked into the debt ceiling bill.
“The Sierra Club calls on Congress to reject this deal and swiftly pass a clean bill,&#8221; Sierra Club executive director Ben Jealous <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2023/05/sierra-club-calls-congress-reject-bad-debt-limit-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a statement</a>. &#8220;Any deal that attempts to expedite the fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline, that rolls back bedrock environmental protections, and makes life harder for workers and families already struggling is a bad deal for the country.&#8221;
The bill is expected to get a full House vote Wednesday evening, and if it passes, the legislation will head to the Senate for approval. But there is some opposition to the MVP provision among lawmakers, including Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), who plans to offer an amendment to remove it, according to his office.
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“Senator Kaine is extremely disappointed by the provision of the bill to greenlight the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline in Virginia, bypassing the normal judicial and administrative review process every other energy project has to go through,” a Kaine spokesperson <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4026806-manchin-pipeline-in-debt-ceiling-deal-prompts-democratic-pushback/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told The Hill</a>.
&#8220;This provision is completely unrelated to the debt ceiling matter,&#8221; the spokesperson added. &#8220;He plans to file an amendment to remove this harmful Mountain Valley Pipeline provision.&#8221;

Sen. Joe Manchin

Debt Ceiling Bill Would Give Manchin A Gas Pipeline Win

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As a deal hashed out between President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) to avoid a U.S. debt default makes its way through <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a>, several Republican senators have already come out against the bill, saying that it does not go far enough to cut spending. 
Those opposed to the deal, known as the <a href="https://rules.house.gov/bill/118/hr-fiscal-responsibility-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fiscal Responsibility Act</a>, include Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), while others have expressed concerns about the bill in its current form. 
“I think the Biden-McCarthy debt deal is a disaster for the country. It does not significantly change the trajectory of the debt. Each year we’ll spend more money and the debt will grow $4 trillion in two years. It’s not very conservative,” Paul <a href="https://www.kktv.com/video/2023/05/31/sen-rand-paul-reacts-deal-debt-ceiling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters this week. 
Paul added that he planned on introducing a “conservative alternative” to the deal, which <a href="https://www.paul.senate.gov/dr-rand-paul-announces-conservative-alternative-to-biden-mccarthy-debt-deal/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20D.C.%20%E2%80%93%20Today%2C%20U.S.,responsible%20reforms%20and%20necessary%20cuts." target="_blank" rel="noopener">would implemen</a>t a $500 billion hike on the debt ceiling to allow Congress more time to negotiate, put caps on total spending, and mandate that increases in federal outlays cannot exceed increases in federal revenue. 
Lee previously <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1661716721575804928" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> to use any procedural tool necessary to “impede” a debt ceiling deal that he believed did not cut spending enough, and he has voiced opposition to the agreement as it currently stands. 
“I believe McCarthy was misled, not malicious in signing onto this deal. But the deal simply does not do what its proponents claim it does — not even close. It’s time to go back to the drawing board or, even better, go back to what the House already passed,” Lee <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1663666847697207296" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
Cruz <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1662883736386404352" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referred</a> to the deal as a “blank check” for Biden, saying that it gave Democrats “$4 trillion things” that they wanted. Hawley <a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article275902901.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Kansas City Star that he opposed the deal because it didn’t address America’s trade deficit with China. 
“I think until we get serious about that, we can talk about fiddling with this or that set of numbers but until we get serious about really correcting that imbalance and bringing back jobs and industry, we’re not going to make the change that we need to see,” he said. 
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Meanwhile, Ohio Republican Senator J.D. Vance <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he was a “firm no” to the proposal in its current form, and South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1663245067509694477?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed</a> concern over spending cuts in the deal. 
The McCarthy-Biden agreement <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/debt-ceiling-bill-house-rules-committee-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advanced past</a> the House Rules Committee in a 7-6 vote on Tuesday afternoon, with key conservatives Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) voting against and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) voting in favor. 
House leadership has expressed confidence that they will have enough votes to get the deal through the lower chamber though it will face opposition from members of the House Freedom Caucus, meaning it will likely require Democrat votes to pass.
McCarthy has acknowledged the bill&#8217;s detractors but said it was the best they could do with a Democrat-controlled Senate and presidency.
“Maybe it doesn’t do everything for everyone, but this is a step in the right direction that no one thought that we would be able to today,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-kevin-mccarthy-touts-wins-conservatives-secured-in-tentative-debt-ceiling-agreement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McCarthy said</a>. “I’ll debate this bill with anybody. Is it everything I wanted? No, because we don’t control all of it. But it is the biggest rescission in history. It is the biggest cut Congress has ever voted for in that process.”

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

‘A Disaster’: Republican Senators Voice Opposition To McCarthy-Biden Debt Ceiling Deal

Republican Senators Voice Opposition To McCarthy-Biden Debt Ceiling Deal

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced Tuesday he will move forward with holding <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-wray" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Wray</a> in contempt of Congress.
The top GOP lawmaker<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1663646523182252033" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> announced in an afternoon statement</a> that the bureau failed to comply with his subpoena requesting documentation believed to contain allegations of a <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/comer-and-grassley-on-fbi-failing-to-comply-with-subpoena-deadline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal &#8220;bribery&#8221; scheme</a> involving President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>.
“Today, the FBI informed the Committee that it will not provide the unclassified documents subpoenaed by the Committee,&#8221; Comer said. &#8220;The FBI’s decision to stiff-arm Congress and hide this information from the American people is obstructionist and unacceptable.&#8221;
Though Comer noted that he has a call with Wray scheduled for Wednesday, the chairman stressed the House Oversight Committee &#8220;has been clear in its intent to protect Congressional oversight authorities and will now be taking steps to hold the FBI Director in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a lawful subpoena.&#8221;
The chairman said whistleblower disclosures led him and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/comer-and-grassley-on-fbi-failing-to-comply-with-subpoena-deadline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">believe</a> the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI have an unclassified FD-1023 form describing the alleged scheme involving Biden, dating back to his time as vice president, and a foreign national. Comer <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-grassley-blast-fbi-for-refusing-to-provide-subpoenaed-record-alleging-then-vp-biden-engaged-in-a-bribery-scheme/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">initially sent the subpoena</a> on May 3 with a May 10 deadline, but later extended it to Tuesday.
This particular FD-1023 form may reference some variant of &#8220;five million&#8221; and &#8220;June 30, 2020,&#8221; Comer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-puts-dollar-amount-on-alleged-biden-bribery-scheme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote in a letter to Wray last week</a>. &#8220;These terms relate to the date on the FD-1023 form and its reference to the amount of money the foreign national allegedly paid to receive the desired policy outcome,&#8221; he added.
The FBI responded to Comer in a letter, which was <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000188-6e83-d191-afc8-6edf85000000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published by POLITICO</a>, saying in part that officials at the bureau have &#8220;identified additional information that we are prepared to offer the Committee as an extraordinary accommodation.&#8221;
Wray &#8220;looks forward to discussing how we plan to make that information available to the Committee during your call tomorrow,&#8221; said acting Assistant Director for Congressional Affairs Christopher Dunham.
The FBI additionally provided a statement to The Daily Wire responding to Comer&#8217;s statement.
“The FBI remains committed to cooperating with the Committee in good faith. In a letter to Chairman Comer earlier today, the FBI committed to providing access to information responsive to the Committee’s subpoena in a format and setting that maintains confidentiality and protects important security interests and the integrity of FBI investigations,&#8221; the FBI said.
&#8220;Last week, Director Wray scheduled a telephone call for tomorrow to provide additional details of the FBI’s extraordinary accommodation to satisfy the subpoena request,&#8221; the FBI added. &#8220;Any discussion of escalation under these circumstances is unnecessary.&#8221;
Although Comer has not publicly identified a country linked to the matter, the date he divulged lands on the calendar about two weeks after <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-corruption-probe/ukraine-alleges-5-million-bribe-over-burisma-no-biden-link-idUSKBN23K0KI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukrainian officials announced</a> there had been a $5 million bribe aimed at ending an investigation into the founder of Burisma Holdings, the same Ukrainian gas company at which Biden’s son, Hunter, served on the board for several years.
As congressional Republicans have raised concerns about members of the Biden family being involved in <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-reveals-new-evidence-in-biden-familys-influence-peddling-schemes%EF%BF%BC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">influence peddling schemes</a> linked to countries around the world, Democrats have accused their GOP counterparts of ignoring alleged misconduct by former President Donald Trump while trying to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-raise-alarm-about-biden-family-after-treasury-visit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dig up “dirt”</a> on the Bidens.
The White House has also shot back at Republicans in Congress. “House Republicans have shown no evidence of any policy decisions influenced by anything other than U.S. national interests,” <a href="https://twitter.com/IanSams46/status/1656292595482480640" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> White House spokesperson Ian Sams earlier this month. “That’s because they can’t.”
The FBI says FD-1023 forms are filled out to record claims from confidential human sources. Even after McCarthy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-expects-fbi-to-share-file-on-biden-bribery-allegations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke over the phone</a> with Wray earlier this month, lawmakers said the bureau resisted acknowledging the particular file they seek even exists. Publicly, the bureau has generally cautioned against disclosing unverified information from informants.
&#8220;The FBI remains committed to cooperating with Congress’s oversight requests on this matter and others as we always have, and we continue to be in touch with members of Congress regarding this request,&#8221; the FBI told The Daily Wire on Tuesday. &#8220;The FBI’s mission is to protect the American people. Releasing confidential source information could potentially jeopardize investigations and put lives at risk.&#8221;
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) addressed confidentiality issues in a <a href="https://hughhewitt.com/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-on-the-debt-limit-deal-and-the-looming-contempt-charge-for-fbi-director-christopher-wray/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">separate interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt</a>. &#8220;If there’s a concern about methods or areas of how we get it, redact names so we don’t see that. But you’ve got to show the document,&#8221; he said.
McCarthy also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-prepared-to-hold-fbi-director-in-contempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made it clear</a> on Tuesday that he has Comer&#8217;s back in demanding the document and holding Wray in contempt. &#8220;Today is the deadline for him to act,&#8221; the speaker said.&#8221; If he does not act, he’s not above the law. He’s not above Congress. And we will hold him in contempt. Now I want to be very clear about that.&#8221;
If the House, which is narrowly controlled by Republicans, were to <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/06/house-panel-contempt-efforts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approve a criminal contempt referral</a> to the DOJ, Wray could face a fine and up to a year&#8217;s imprisonment if federal prosecutors take up the case. There are also other forms of recourse, including civil enforcement, <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/06/house-panel-contempt-efforts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the American Bar Association</a>. As Republicans become increasingly wary of the FBI, with suspicions fueled by the recently released report by special counsel John Durham, some lawmakers are also talking about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nothing-is-off-the-table-jim-jordan-outlines-response-to-durham-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defunding the agency</a>.
&#8220;Americans deserve the truth, and the Oversight Committee will continue to demand transparency from this nation’s chief law enforcement agency,&#8221; Comer said in his statement on Tuesday.

Chairman James Comer

Comer Says FBI Defied Subpoena, Will Move Forward With Contempt

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<a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1663612002940473345?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MLB Pitcher Calls For Boycott Of Dodgers</a>
In response to the L.A. Dodgers choosing to honor the drag group &#8220;Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence&#8221; at an upcoming Pride event, a pitcher on the Washington Nationals is speaking out. Trevor Williams, a Catholic, tweeted that he was &#8220;deeply troubled&#8221; by the California team’s decision to celebrate a group that parodies Catholicism and openly mocks the Christian faith. In a statement on social media, Williams said, “To invite a group that makes a blatant and deeply offensive mockery of my religion and the religion of over 4 million people in LA county alone, undermines the values of respect and inclusivity that should be upheld by any organization.”
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Washington Nationals pitcher calls for boycott of Dodgers over their celebration of group mocking his Catholic faith. Bold, well said. Buckle up for left wing sports media to lose their minds. <a href="https://t.co/ljOS7QUcvy">https://t.co/ljOS7QUcvy</a>
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1663612002940473345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://news.sky.com/story/russia-blames-ukraine-for-terrorist-drone-attack-on-moscow-12892878#:~:text=Russia's%20Vladimir%20Putin%20has%20said,has%20denied%20it%20was%20responsible." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia Blames Ukraine For &#8216;Kamikaze&#8217; Drone Strike On Moscow</a>
Russia is blaming the Ukrainian government for a “kamikaze” drone attack on a wealthy Moscow neighborhood this morning. 
 Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident a “terrorist” attack. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the drones caused “insignificant damage,” but that the incident brought the war home to the streets of Moscow. Russia, for its part, claimed that it shot down five drones and prevented more damage from occurring. Ukraine has not taken responsibility for the attack and the White House has said it does not support attacks inside Russian territory. The incident comes just weeks after U.S. intelligence reported that Ukraine was likely responsible for a drone attack on the Kremlin in April.
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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is claiming victory over his debt deal negotiated with the Biden administration, but he still has to corral the votes to get it passed. Meanwhile, some of his GOP colleagues are raising concerns over the bill.
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South Carolina representative <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-mace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nancy Mace</a> says she will not vote in favor of the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/debt-ceiling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debt ceiling</a> deal, contending that <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/house-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republicans</a> were hoodwinked and that the agreement would normalize high spending. Among other measures, the <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20230529/BILLS-118hrPIH-fiscalresponsibility.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deal</a> suspends the debt limit until 2025, caps spending growth for the next two years in areas except for defense and veterans, and expands work requirements for food stamps for those between 49 and 54 years old. However, Mace said that “this ‘deal’ normalizes record high spending started during the pandemic.” And Mace isn’t alone in her concerns. Here’s Representative Scott Perry (R-PA), a Freedom Caucus member, this afternoon:
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepScottPerry?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepScottPerry</a>: &quot;This deal fails, fails completely!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/NVcmwn6CPA">pic.twitter.com/NVcmwn6CPA</a>
&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1663577824882458625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hollywood-beach-shooting-florida/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida Mass Shooting Update</a>
Authorities are looking for answers after a brawl between two large groups in Hollywood, Florida, on Monday evening led to nine being wounded by gunfire. Authorities don’t know what sparked the confrontation, but viral videos show beachgoers fighting as tourists flee the beach. Hollywood mayor Josh Levy condemned the mayhem.
&#8220;People come to a holiday, to enjoy a holiday, a weekend on a beach with our families and to have people,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And complete reckless disregard of the safety of the public, and to have an altercation with guns in a public setting with thousands of people around them is beyond reckless.&#8221;
<a href="https://metrovoicenews.com/catholics-travel-to-small-missouri-town-to-view-incorrupt-body-of-dead-nun/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholics Flock To Missouri Town To See Incorruptible Nun</a>
Roman Catholics and other Christians are flocking to a Missouri monastery by the thousands to witness a nun&#8217;s dead body that has been found seemingly “incorrupt.” 
Sister Wilhemina Lancaster died in 2019, yet when her body was exhumed on May 18 by the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, in Gower, Missouri, the sisters were shocked to find that her body had not decayed since her passing. Originally, her body was going to be moved to a new shrine, but she is now placed in a glass casket for viewing. 
Now, the masses are calling for Sister Wilhelmina to be made into a <a href="https://metrovoicenews.com/catholics-travel-to-small-missouri-town-to-view-incorrupt-body-of-dead-nun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saint</a>. Since the beginning of the Catholic Church, there have been more than 250 incorrupt bodies of Catholic saints.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-rocked-by-violence-as-at-least-11-killed-over-memorial-day-weekend" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago Mayor Blames Poverty For Violence</a>
And in an update to our story this morning, over the weekend, the city of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago</a> saw at least 45 people injured in shootings or stabbings, while another 11 were killed. Two of the violent incidents happened not far from the home of new Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brandon-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brandon Johnson</a>. Johnson blamed poverty and the lack of government programs in the Windy City.
&#8220;Poverty didn’t go away over the weekend,&#8221; he said. &#8220;When you understand that communities have been disinvested in and traumatized, that you’re seeing the manifestation of that trauma.”
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TUESDAY

Tuesday Afternoon Update: MLB Pitcher Calls For Boycott Of Dodgers, Russia Blames Ukraine For ‘Kamikaze’ Drone Strike On Moscow, GOP Debt Deal Debate

Tuesday Afternoon Update: MLB Pitcher Calls For Boycott Of Dodgers, Russia Blames Ukraine For 'Kamikaze' Drone Strike On Moscow, Debt Deal Debate

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As many as 20 House Republicans oppose the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-mace-is-a-no-on-debt-ceiling-deal-outsmarted-by-a-president-who-cant-find-his-pants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deal hashed out</a> between the White House and Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) to avoid a U.S. debt default.
Leading the GOP charge against the compromise, which would <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/business/debt-ceiling-agreement.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspend the debt limit until January 2025</a> in exchange for various restraints on spending, was the conservative House Freedom Caucus, which views the agreement as being too watered down. Their opposition, if it holds, means a bipartisan vote will be necessary for passage as Republicans hold a narrow majority in the lower chamber.
&#8220;This deal fails, fails completely,&#8221; Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, said <a href="https://twitter.com/FreedomWorks/status/1663583530096394245" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at a press conference</a> outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. &#8220;We will do everything in our power to stop it and end it now,&#8221; he also said.
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⚠️ DEBT CEILING DEAL: &quot;Not one Republican should vote for this deal. It is a bad deal. No one sent us here to borrow an additional $4 trillion to get absolutely nothing in return.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/RepChipRoy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepChipRoy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ampFW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ampFW</a> <a href="https://t.co/T5lHIWpKRQ">pic.twitter.com/T5lHIWpKRQ</a>
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&#8220;Not one Republican should vote for this deal,&#8221; said Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), another member of the group. &#8220;No one sent us here to borrow an additional $4 trillion to get absolutely nothing in return,&#8221; he added.
Roy said McCarthy&#8217;s deal with the White House &#8220;at best, if I&#8217;m being really generous&#8221; offers &#8220;a spending freeze for a couple years.&#8221;
A third member opposed to the deal, Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC), put his fellow GOP colleagues on notice. &#8220;This is a career-defining vote for every Republican,&#8221; he said.
Bishop also floated the use of the <a href="https://twitter.com/casssemyon/status/1663590752994066441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">motion to vacate the chair</a>. Under the current House rules, only one member is required to force a vote that could remove the speaker, however, a simple majority is needed for it to succeed.
<a href="https://rules.house.gov/bill/118/hr-fiscal-responsibility-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Fiscal Responsibility Act</a>, the text of which is <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr3746ih/xml/BILLS-118hr3746ih.xml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">available online</a>, arose out of an <a href="https://fortune.com/2023/05/27/biden-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-agreement-in-principle-work-requirement-food-stamps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;agreement in principle&#8221;</a> reached between President Joe Biden and McCarthy over the weekend after weeks of negotiations. The legislation faces its first major test in the House Rules Committee on Tuesday where already dozens of amendments have been <a href="https://twitter.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1663620059548221441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered by Republicans and Democrats alike</a>.
Barring any surprise hold-ups in the rules panel, a full House vote could happen as soon as Wednesday. At least 20 Republicans have rejected the deal, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/30/debt-ceiling-deal-updates.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNBC</a>, which means several Democrats will need to get on board for the compromise to advance if the GOP holdouts do not change their stance.
While there has been some <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12133525/Rep-Jayapal-Dem-leadership-worry-progressives-supporting-Bidens-debt-ceiling-deal.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismay voiced</a> within leftist circles about the agreement, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said on Tuesday that Democrats will be watching whether the GOP can muster at least 150 votes, which would be about two-thirds of their conference. &#8220;Democrats are committed to making sure that we do our part and avoid a default,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-debt-ceiling-deadline-talks-05-30-23/h_6ed28d53e3df5b68a5b6265b2eee2c4d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he added</a>, per CNN.
If the legislation passes the lower chamber, the bill also needs to be approved by the Democrat-led Senate before reaching Biden for a signature. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-debt-ceiling-deadline-talks-05-30-23/h_beca69fb76b60e8b0ffaea0f6d90675a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he supports the bipartisan agreement between the White House and McCarthy.
Leaders in Congress have been scrambling to come up with a deal as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued multiple warnings about how the United States may not be able to meet all its financial obligations <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/could-the-u-s-default-on-june-5-it-depends-2341a695" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as early as the first part of June</a>.
The Treasury Department said it has been enacting “extraordinary measures” since earlier this year when the United States hit its statutory limit of roughly $31.4 trillion, and has warned of dire economic consequences if the country is unable to reach a deal to lift the debt ceiling.
Certain House Republicans, including <a href="https://twitter.com/CoryMillsFL/status/1663524101409964034" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cory Mills (R-FL)</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRussellFry/status/1663606024476020736" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russell Fry (R-SC)</a>, lamented the apparent death of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-led-house-passes-mccarthys-plan-to-raise-debt-limit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023</a>, a bill the GOP-led House passed last month that would allow the limit to be lifted by $1.5 trillion in exchange for spending cuts and reforms, in favor of a thinned-out compromise.
Perry tweeted out a comparison graph which described McCarthy&#8217;s agreement with Biden as a &#8220;&#8216;deal&#8217; with the Swamp.&#8221;
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBoebert/status/1663609503693131776" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> she did not &#8220;come to Congress to rubber-stamp bankrupting our country,&#8221; and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) <a href="https://twitter.com/FreedomWorks/status/1663608145799704577" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called out</a> what he described as a &#8220;crap deal that&#8217;s going to put you more in debt with no real changes whatsoever.&#8221;
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) said the debt ceiling agreement would be &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-mace-is-a-no-on-debt-ceiling-deal-outsmarted-by-a-president-who-cant-find-his-pants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a wash, spending-wise</a>&#8221; because the “small cut” to discretionary spending will be eclipsed by “large increases in spending elsewhere.”

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Critics mocked Congressman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/she-aint-worth-it-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-intervenes-in-verbal-confrontation-between-marjorie-taylor-greene-and-jamaal-bowman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamaal Bowman</a> (D-NY) for his comments suggesting that fossil fuels were the cause of extreme weather.
Bowman joined CNN anchor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wolf-blitzer-to-karine-jean-pierre-is-biden-setting-himself-up-for-failure-by-focusing-on-abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wolf Blitzer</a> to discuss the imminent debt ceiling deal, and the New York congressman said that his real concern was the fact that the United States was still allowing drilling for fossil fuels. He then attempted to draw a straight line from fossil fuel use to extreme weather events.
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Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman: &quot;We need to stop drilling for fossil fuels completely &#8230; we need an expedited way to get us to clean, renewable energy, or we will continue to have these severe weather events.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/PGlq7knU0N">pic.twitter.com/PGlq7knU0N</a>
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&#8220;Number one, we need to stop drilling for fossil fuels completely,&#8221; Bowman told Blitzer. &#8220;But number two, we need an expedited way to get us to clean, renewable energy, or we will continue to have these severe weather events that we have been having for quite some time because of the warming of the planet.&#8221;
Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) pushed back on Bowman&#8217;s claim, arguing that the New Yorker&#8217;s proposition would bankrupt the American energy sector. &#8220;Far left Democrats are doubling down on policies that would destroy the American energy sector and hurt hardworking Americans struggling through 40-year-high inflation,&#8221; he tweeted.
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Far left Democrats are doubling down on policies that would destroy the American energy sector and hurt hardworking Americans struggling through 40-year-high inflation. <a href="https://t.co/zg16UFt7ZX">https://t.co/zg16UFt7ZX</a>
&mdash; Brian Kemp (@BrianKempGA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianKempGA/status/1663583530041868293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Others addressed Bowman&#8217;s claims in more mocking tones.
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&#8220;It&#8217;s sort of fun that people have come all the way around on Rain Dances, at least,&#8221; Logan Dobson <a href="https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/1663540502640066563" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in response.
&#8220;&#8216;We must cripple all domestic energy production so the sun God may bring us good weather!&#8217; The climate cult is completely insane,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/1663540042927579137" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> @comfortablysmug.
Radio host Jesse Kelly <a href="https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1663542344388411392" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed out</a> the fact that cutting out fossil fuels — especially without the technology and infrastructure already in place to make up the difference in available energy — was a recipe for disaster on a massive scale.
&#8220;REMINDER: This is a call for genocide. Start treating these people like the biggest genocidal monsters in human history. Because that’s what they are. Humanity runs on oil and gas. You cannot declare war on oil and gas without war on humanity itself,&#8221; he said.

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Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ben-shapiro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ben Shapiro</a> contended that the recent <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/debt-ceiling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debt ceiling</a> agreement between President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and House Speaker <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) occurs in the context of both Democrats and Republicans spending far beyond the nation’s means.
The debt ceiling, a statute established by <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> that prevents the government from spending beyond a predetermined <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/national-debt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">national debt</a> limit of $31.4 trillion, exceeded the threshold earlier this year, provoking concerns that the nation will default on loans within the next week at the earliest. McCarthy and Biden reached a <a href="https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20230529/BILLS-118hrPIH-fiscalresponsibility.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deal</a> which, among other measures, suspends the debt limit until 2025, caps spending growth for the next two years in areas except for defense and veterans, and expands food stamp work requirements for those between 49 and 54 years old.
Republican members of the House from both the more moderate and conservative factions, including Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-mace-is-a-no-on-debt-ceiling-deal-outsmarted-by-a-president-who-cant-find-his-pants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed</a> severe reservations about the agreement, contending that the deal will normalize higher spending established through pandemic relief measures. Republican leaders, on the other hand, <a href="https://www.speaker.gov/house-gop-leadership-statement-on-the-fiscal-responsibility-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrated</a> the deal and said the agreement marks a landmark victory for the conference.
Shapiro <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1663538515005566976" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commented</a> on social media that any spending reform which does not significantly amend the welfare system is ultimately inconsequential. “I agree with every single critique of the shortcomings of the debt limit deal,” he remarked. “In a rational world, we wouldn&#8217;t just be fighting over discretionary spending, we&#8217;d be restructuring entitlements.”
The bestselling author and podcast host added that the agreement is a failure “compared to the ideal,” characterizing the compromise between Biden and McCarthy as “a giant bag of failure mixed with a heaping helping of bankruptcy.” He said that in comparison to the proposed debt ceiling increase with no spending reforms, however, the deal could be considered a “success.”
Shapiro also noted that many conservatives are “more agitated over McCarthy&#8217;s deal than they were with the fact that with Trump as president and full control of Congress, Republicans increased spending.” He <a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1663563348649168896" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contended</a> that “every fiscal debate is basically about where to place the deck chairs on the Titanic” unless entitlement spending is addressed.
“Politicians all know this. But they&#8217;re incentivized to play kabuki theater over all the rest of the spending so as to avoid the third rail of American politics,” he said. “They kick the can down the road. The iceberg is right there, but they&#8217;re screaming about where the chairs should go.”
Social Security, Medicare, and other health initiatives constituted 46% of the federal budget during the last fiscal year, according to <a href="https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Treasury Department. In order to balance the budget while exempting defense, veteran benefits, Social Security, and Medicare from cuts, all other federal spending would have to be reduced by 85%, according to an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-spending-must-be-cut-26-to-balance-budget-even-more-to-keep-core-social-defense-programs-intact-analysis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
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Biden and McCarthy each <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sparing-the-sacred-cow-republicans-and-democrats-refuse-to-touch-social-security-as-debt-crisis-looms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">started</a> the debt limit negotiations with a commitment to refrain from considering reforms to entitlements. Social Security, as Shapiro observed, has long been considered the third rail of American politics: the vast majority of survey respondents have historically said they want benefits from the program retained, even as nearly half are concerned about continued funding for the program, according to an <a href="https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/258335/social-security-american-public-opinion.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> from Gallup.

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Ben Shapiro Reacts To Debt Limit Deal, Hits Certain Republicans Over Spending Habits

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