House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is defending the debt ceiling deal he brokered over the weekend despite pushback from members of his own conference for the bill.

McCarthy said he will get the bill to raise the debt ceiling passed while noting that 17 House Republicans had previously not voted for a debt ceiling increase before the current showdown while speaking on Fox News's The Faulkner Focus.

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"To govern is not easy, but I don’t want to be on the wrong side of history. Every single one of the members who vote no will miss the opportunity to vote for the largest cut in American history," McCarthy said.

When pressed on if he can get the votes to pass the bill through the House, McCarthy did not hesitate to answer that he believes enough Democrats will cross over to counterbalance the dissenting Republicans.

"We’ll get it done without them," McCarthy said.

More than two dozen Republicans and a handful of Democrats have publicly stated they are against the bill, but it appears likely the bill will get the necessary votes from both parties to pass in the House.

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The House is expected to vote on the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 on Wednesday evening, with the Senate expected to take up a vote on the legislation in the coming days.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the "X-date" for when the United States will default on its debt obligations unless a debt ceiling increase is passed is June 5.