Rep. McGovern on Debt Deal Spending Snags, X-Date Doubt

Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu delivers insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. 

On this edition, Joe speaks with: 

• Democratic Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern, Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, about the state of debt ceiling negotiations, and how work requirements are a major sticking point 
• Maya MacGuineas, President of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget on debt ceiling talks 
• Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Rick Davis on growing doubt among House GOP members about the x-date 

Joe, along with co-host Kailey Leinz speak with: 

• Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum President, former Council of Economic Advisers Chief Economist, and former Director of the Congressional Budget Office for his views on the debt ceiling talks 
• Mariana Budjeryn, Senior Research Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center on growing concerns surrounding a Russian-occupied Ukrainian nuclear power plant

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