Some hard-line conservatives are threatening Kevin McCarthy not to yield on debt default talks.
As President Biden and Kevin McCarthy express tentative optimism on reaching a deal to avoid a catastrophic debt default, some hard-line conservatives are threatening McCarthy not to yield. “If Speaker’s negotiators bring back in substance a clean debt limit increase… one so large that it even protects Biden from the issue in the presidential…, it’s war,” Rep.
Dan Bishop, a member of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, tweeted on Saturday. Bishop’s pushback hints at a growing schism between more moderate Republicans, who might be willing to meet Biden halfway, and a wing of the party willing to break the economy to try and force a total concession from the White House. “Biden and the Democrats created the debt crisis.
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