Biden hosts Democrats at White House as standoff over debt ceiling looms

The stalemate over the nation’s debt ceiling was a prime example of how the shift in congressional power could shape the rest of Biden’s term

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris listen as President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Democratic lawmakers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Jan. 24, 2023. | Evan Vucci/AP PhotoTop Democratic leaders on Tuesday exited their first White House meeting since the start of the new Congress projecting a united front and sending a clear message about their GOP colleagues: It’s us versus them.

, as Republican lawmakers push for spending cuts before agreeing to Democrats’ requests to increase the debt limit. Later, Schumer said the White House and Democratic leaders were on the “same page” regarding the debt ceiling. White House officials have continued to stress that Congress must pass a clean limit increase, noting that lawmakers raised the debt ceiling three times under former President Donald Trump without demanding spending cuts.

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