In this episode of Deep Dive, Playbook co-author Rachael Bade joins House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) just hours before the bill is finally passed on the debt ceiling who have approved the house.
This is the behind-the-scenes story from inside the Republican whip’s office of how Kevin McCarthy’s leadership team convinced House Republicans to raise the debt ceiling for two years and embrace his deal with President Joe Biden , which many on the right have denounced as a betrayal of the rank and file. It’s the story of how Emmer and Reschenthaler pulled together a fractious and divided conference, dodging a ballooning effort to oust McCarthy from the gavel and ultimately putting the ball back in the Democrats’ court.
