Sooner or later the two WILL have to deal with running the American government….
Biden will have few issues with Schumer the Senate Majority leader….
On basic’s?
He’ll probably have minor issues with McConell the Senate Minority GOP Leader….
But Republican House Speaker Mccarthy IS gonna have problems back home with own party people in the House expecting unrealistic policy……
Even Donald Trump is chiming in against the House Freedom Party crazies…..
President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) plan to meet to discuss raising the debt ceiling after the U.S. Treasury reached its borrowing limit on Thursday, their offices said Friday.
Why it matters: McCarthy is taking a hard line on slashing government spending in exchange for raising the debt limit amid pressure from his right flank — cuts that the White House maintains are non-negotiable.
Driving the news: Asked at a Friday briefing about whether the two would sit down to negotiate the debt limit, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden is “looking forward to meeting with Speaker McCarthy … about a range of issues,” but that no date had been set.
- McCarthy responded in a tweet: “President Biden: I accept your invitation to sit down and discuss a responsible debt ceiling increase to address irresponsible government spending. I look forward to our meeting.”
- Jean-Pierre reiterated in a statement later on Friday that Biden “looks forward” to their meeting but said the debt limit “is not a negotiation … Congress has always done it, and the President expects them to do their duty once again.”
What caught our eye: Jean-Pierre, in her statement Friday evening, took aim at Republican initiatives to cut entitlement spending and overhaul federal taxation by replacing income and other taxes with a 30% national sales tax.
- Biden, she said, “looks forward to learning more about those plans, as well as to telling them about his plan to cut the deficit … strengthen retirement programs, invest in key priorities, and fund it all by making the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share.”
- “We are going to have a clear debate on two different visions for the country … and the President is happy to discuss that with the Speaker.”
What we’re hearing: The GOP hardliners who denied McCarthy the speaker’s gavel for nearly a week — and now have a nuclear button in their back pocket in the form of a motion to vacate the chair — told Axios last week they expect him to hold firm on his commitments to force spending cuts….
image…House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and President Joe Biden at a White House meeting on Nov. 29. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.