Democrats are digging in their heels on debt ceiling and budget talks amid reports that McCarthy is struggling to wrangle his unwieldy conference.
on Thursday that McCarthy has expressed distrust in two of his top lieutenants in the House, Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Budget Committee chair Jodey Arrington .that isn't compatible with his own, leading McCarthy to cast the Texan as incompetent. McCarthy's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
"I think the way the president frames it is right," said Rep. Jan Schakowsky , a senior Budget Committee member, "I'm happy to sit down. Let's have something to talk about." In an earlier statement, the administration said, "President Biden has invited Republicans to come to the White House for a conversation ... as soon as they are transparent with the American people and release their own budget plan[.]"Democrats plan to continue hold out, a Democratic leadership aide told Axios, because it forces Republicans to make tough decisions about what cuts to propose to balance the budget.
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