Top U.S. House Republican Mccarthy Wants Compromise On Debt Ceiling, Cuts From Biden
Date
2/7/2023 12:10:17 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called on
Democratic President Joe Biden to agree to compromises and spending
cuts, as the two remain deadlocked over raising the nation's $31.4
trillion debt ceiling, trend reports citing reuters .
McCarthy spoke on Monday before Biden is set to give the annual
State of the Union address to a joint session of congress on
Tuesday, aiming to get ahead of the president and reinforce his
role as the leading congressional negotiator.
The White House has said Biden will discuss federal spending
cuts with Republicans, but only after the debt ceiling is lifted,
while McCarthy has said Republicans will only lift the ceiling if
Biden agrees to spending cuts. While the two sides disagree on the
order of the subjects they are tackling, both say they will
continue to talk.
'Mr. President, it's time to get to work,' said McCarthy, whose
Republicans won a narrow majority in the House of Representatives
in November's election.
'We must commit to finding common ground on a responsible debt
limit increase. Finding compromise is exactly how governing in
America is supposed to work, and exactly what the American people
voted for just three months ago,' McCarthy said.
'Defaulting on our debt is not an option, but neither is a
future of higher taxes, higher interest rates and an economy that
doesn't work.'
House Republicans want to use the debt ceiling, which covers the
spending programs and tax cuts Congress previously approved, as
leverage to push spending cuts, after two years of Democratic
control of the House and the Senate.
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