Soon: House expected to vote on debt limit bill

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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A critical vote is possibly just minutes away as Speaker McCarthy pushes House Republicans to sign off on his debt limit plan. We speak with one GOP holdout about the offers. Plus, a parole board votes against sparing the life of a death row inmate in Oklahoma. Plus, Disney versus DeSantis as a new major lawsuit accuses the Florida governor of weaponizing his political power. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Does Speaker Kevin McCarthy have the votes?
0:05.0	The lead starts right now.
0:08.8	A critical vote possibly just minutes away.
0:11.1	A speaker McCarthy pushes House Republicans to sign up on his grand debt limit plan.
0:16.7	I'll speak with one GOP hold out about McCarthy's last minute offers.
0:21.4	And clemency requests denied.
0:23.2	A parole board votes against sparing the life of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip.
0:28.6	Glossip's attorney joins the lead along with the state Republican trying to help save
0:33.0	the inmate's life.
0:34.4	Plus, Disney versus Dessantis, the major new lawsuit from the House of the Mouse accusing
0:40.1	the Florida governor of weaponizing his political power.
0:49.0	Welcome to the lead everyone.
0:50.0	I'm Bionnago LaDriga in for Jake Tapper today.
0:52.8	We start the day with our politics lead.
0:55.2	Do they have the votes?
0:56.9	Right now, House Republicans are in the middle of last minute negotiations, as House
1:00.7	Speaker Kevin McCarthy tries to get his party's debt ceiling plan across the finish line.
1:05.9	We expect that vote to start in just minutes.
1:08.5	Now McCarthy has zero democratic support, and he can only lose four Republicans, a narrow
1:14.1	margin that forced him to make some 11-hour concessions.
1:17.9	But here's the tough reality, even if McCarthy can get this bill across that finish line,
1:22.8	it is dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
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