Kevin McCarthy says he's 'very concerned' he won't reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling because Biden 'never wants to meet'
that could happen as soon as July. He's remained true to his stance that Republicans will not agree to a clean debt ceiling deal, and that his party should use it as leverage to achieve spending cuts on Democratic priorities.
But weeks have dragged on and McCarthy has made no progress toward a deal, while President Joe Biden has been adamant he will not negotiate with the Speaker over pairing spending cuts with raising the debt ceiling. Congress passed a clean spending-cut-free debt ceiling increase three times under former President Donald Trump."I sat down with the president on February 1, and the president never wants to meet," McCarthyon Bloomberg TV this week.
But with neither side apparently willing to budge, conflict is on the horizon. McCarthy told reporters earlier this week that he's"never going to move a bill that just raises the debt ceiling," but that's exactly what Biden wants — and he thinks any discussion on a budget and spending cuts should be separate from the debt ceiling.
"My hope is that House Republicans can present the American public with your budget plan before the Congress leaves for the Easter recess so that we can have an in-depth conversation when you return," Biden wrote in a at the end of March to McCarthy."As I have repeatedly said, that conversation must be separate from prompt action on the Congress' basic obligation to pay the nation's bills and avoid economic catastrophe."that said, according to aides familiar with McCarthy's thinking, the speaker does not have confidence in some leading GOP lawmakers who are working on the budget and debt ceiling deals.
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