![]() Yes, more Democrats than Republicans ultimately voted for the bill. And, depending on who you ask, he passed. ![]() McCARTHY GETS A SIGNATURE WIN: It was the greatest test of his nascent speakership. While the headline may be about the economic and policy implications of the vote, there are three important political takeaways coming into view today:ġ. That’s the big-picture result of last night’s House vote, as 165 Democrats and 149 Republicans joined together to pass the debt ceiling deal brokered by President JOE BIDEN, House Speaker KEVIN McCARTHY and their respective emissaries. And yet, as the sun rises in Washington this morning, there’s a new sense of certainty that the very worst outcome - a default that craters the economy - will be avoided. Treasury runs out of money to pay its bills) is four days away. THE ART OF THE DEBT CEILING DEAL - It’s June 1. We can’t help but wonder: Which of those 2022 GOP Senate nominees would DeSantis have preferred not run? Just a reminder about 2022: DeSantis campaigned for BLAKE MASTERS in Arizona, ADAM LAXALT in Nevada and MEHMET OZ in Pennsylvania recorded a robocall for JOE O’DEA in Colorado and endorsed DON BOLDUC in New Hampshire and HERSCHEL WALKER in Georgia. “We should have 55 Republican senators right now,” said DeSantis. RON DeSANTIS lamented a “culture of losing” that has taken root in the GOP, an implicit swipe at DONALD TRUMP. WHOSE ‘CULTURE OF LOSING’ IS IT? - Campaigning in Iowa yesterday, Florida Gov. STRANGE BEDFELLOWS - “Supreme Court’s expansion of gun rights could be good news for Hunter Biden,” by Betsy Woodruff Swan ![]() Kevin McCarthy mustered 149 GOP yea votes for the bill, after he’d reportedly guaranteed 150.
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