


Tomorrow: At 9 a.m., House Democrats will meet in a closed-door caucus meeting where they will hear from White House officials SHALANDA YOUNG, STEVE RICCHETTI, JOHN PODESTA and AVIVA ARON-DINE on the merits of the deal. At 7:30 p.m., House Republican leaders will host a closed-door conference meeting. At 6:30 p.m., the House will hold votes on unrelated bills, giving whips in both parties their first chance to count votes in person. At 3 p.m., the House Rules Committee will meet to prepare the bill for floor action. Today: At noon, the conservative hard-liners in the House Freedom Caucus will hold a news conference outside the Capitol to rally opposition to the deal. Expect the unexpected, but here’s what the next two days are scheduled to look like:

By the time Speaker Kevin McCarthy unveiled the details of the debt ceiling deal with President Joe Biden this weekend, the conservative backlash was already brewing.īIG DAYS AHEAD - House members return today from their Memorial Day recess to begin work on the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the 99-page bill that would curb federal spending and raise the debt ceiling until 2025.
