Speaker Kevin McCarthy was speaking a giant sport about negotiations and spending cuts earlier than he met with President Biden, but it surely didn’t go that means.
Right here is the readout of the assembly as offered to PoliticusUSA by the White Home:
As a part of a sequence of conferences with congressional leaders, President Biden hosted Speaker McCarthy within the Oval Workplace this afternoon, the place they’d a frank and simple dialogue.
They lined a spread of points and President Biden underscored that he’s desperate to proceed working throughout the aisle in good religion, after passing historic bipartisan legal guidelines throughout his first two years in workplace.
President Biden made clear that, as each different chief in each events in Congress has affirmed, it’s their shared obligation to not permit an unprecedented and economically catastrophic default. America Structure is specific about this obligation, and the American individuals count on Congress to fulfill it in the identical means all of his predecessors have. It’s not negotiable or conditional.
The President welcomes a separate dialogue with congressional leaders about the best way to scale back the deficit and management the nationwide debt whereas persevering with to develop the financial system. This dialog ought to construct on the President’s management in delivering a document $1.7 trillion in deficit discount in his first two years in workplace.
The President and the Speaker agreed to proceed the dialog.
Kevin McCarthy stated that he was coming to the White Home to barter. President Biden stated there will likely be no negotiations on the debt ceiling.
What seals the deal is how McCarthy reacted when requested about what spending cuts he requested after the assembly:
McCarthy is requested after assembly what Biden about what packages he thinks needs to be lower. He says he isn’t going to barter in public. pic.twitter.com/JtKRVBmu9N
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 1, 2023
McCarthy stated that they didn’t discuss spending cuts.
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Kevin McCarthy tells his supporters that he’s coming to the White Home for spending cuts, however he didn’t discuss spending cuts with President Biden.
It feels like McCarthy obtained rolled in his assembly with Biden.
None of that is shocking as Speaker McCarthy has persistently demonstrated his weak point, and it’s simple to know why some Republicans are already attempting to bail on the debt ceiling showdown.
Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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