We deserve a de-requently reflects the urgency of our economic challenges and delivers meaningful results.

To grant such a colossal debt ceiling increase while settling for a mere $12 billion in immediate savings

is also an active fiscal irresponsibility and betrayal of the trust placed in us by those who elected us.

And the best thing that I can say was that I think can be said about the current deal on the debt ceiling is that it could have been much worse.

That was Republican Senator Mike Lee and then independent Senator Bernie Sanders,

sharing their pretty negative opinions on that debt ceiling deal, which is now headed to their chamber.

We'll go through the tight timeline the Senate now has to get this bill to President Biden's desk ahead of default.

Meanwhile, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is ramping up his criticism of Donald Trump

after taking heat from the former president for months. And that comes as two more prominent

Republicans are ready to jump into the 2024 race. We'll look at the impact Chris Christie and

Mike Pence may have on the growing race. We'll look at the impact Chris Christie and Mike Pence may have on the growing

field.

Good morning and welcome to way too early. On this Thursday, June 1st, we are in June. I'm Jonathan

Lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We'll begin this morning with a big deal on Capitol

Hill. The House of Representatives passed the Biden-McCarthy debt-sealing bill on a bipartisan

basis last night. The final vote ended up being 314 to 117, with members

from centrist groups like the House Problem Solvers Caucus, the Republican Governance Group,

and the new Democrat coalition providing the critical votes that were indeed needed for the bill to

pass. The bill's nays mostly came

from the members on the ideological ends of both parties, the House Progressive Caucus and the House

Freedom Caucus. While both groups were vocal in the lead-up to the vote, moderate congressional

members quietly ended up with a win,

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