“If a win is getting everything you ask for all the time, then it’s going to be very hard to win,” one senior GOP aide said, summarizing the discussion. The takeaway? Even if Republicans get only a small portion of the provisions in their own package, they should be celebrating. At a GOP chiefs-of-staff retreat over the recess, we hear, senior aides devoted a session to discussing what would constitute a debt-limit “win” given that Democrats control the White House and the Senate. PRIVATELY, however … Senior Republicans have been working in recent days to keep the conference’s expectations in check. “I wouldn’t trust any outlet like that to tell you what the Republican position is,” Emmer said of the reporting. … That’s not a solution.”īut Emmer notably dismissed an assertion, aired Friday in Punchbowl News, that the speaker would settle for a budget caps deal, some spending cuts and permitting reform - in other words, a much narrower deal than what passed the House. That’s what we do.” Would he be able to keep five Republicans from breaking ranks and joining Democrats on a procedural dodge such as a discharge petition? “Gimmicks do not work in the House. Would any debt limit deal win a majority of the GOP majority - historically a key threshold for party leaders? “We pass everything with Republican votes. Pressed on other key questions, Emmer was similarly nonspecific.
Related read: “Why McConnell and McCarthy locked arms on the debt crisis,” by Burgess Everett and Olivia Beavers That is the message from House Republicans.” The burden is on the White House to negotiate, he said, and if they want changes to the House bill, McCarthy can bring those back for Republicans to mull over: “I can only say this so many times. We caught up over the weekend with Majority Whip TOM EMMER (R-Minn.), who simply refused to say if Republicans would be willing to narrow their list of demands in order to cut a deal with Democrats. PUBLICLY … Strategic ambiguity is driving the House leadership’s message. (A McCarthy spokesperson did not deny the claim.) RALPH NORMAN (R-S.C.), told Playbook last month that McCarthy promised him and fellow hard-liners that he would oppose any debt ceiling bill that does not include all of the red-meat provisions that emerged from the House. The key challenge McCarthy and his deputies face is to figure out a way to placate conservatives who have been pressing them to adopt a position that they privately believe is unrealistic. And, what’s more, 43 Senate Republicans signed a letter over the weekend backing the House GOP’s demand for spending reforms as part of any deal - that’s more than enough to filibuster a clean hike.īut House Republicans have their own headaches to contend with, and this morning, we want to lay out how GOP leaders are managing the expectations game, both publicly and privately. As we reported last week, there are reasons to treat Democratic leaders’ no-concessions posture with skepticism.įor one, some in their own rank and file are questioning their rejection of negotiations. The main event happens tomorrow at the White House, where Biden will host congressional leaders to discuss next steps on the debt ceiling. … Sunday: Mother’s Day.īUCKLE UP - Between debt ceiling negotiations and the end of Title 42, the pandemic-era policy allowing the expulsion of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border, it’s going to be a volatile week in Washington and beyond. RON DeSANTIS speaking in Cedar Rapids while Trump holds a rally in Des Moines. … Saturday: Iowa showdown, with Florida Gov. … Thursday: Title 42 border protocol expires at 11:59 p.m. … Wednesday: Labor Department issues new CPI inflation numbers. … Tomorrow: President JOE BIDEN hosts congressional leaders for debt limit talks.
JEAN CARROLL’s civil suit against DONALD TRUMP. THE WEEK AHEAD - Today: Closing arguments expected to begin in E. We caught up over the weekend with Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), who simply refused to say if Republicans would be willing to narrow their list of demands in order to cut a deal with Democrats.
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