JUSTIN: Sen_JoeManchin called on his Democratic colleagues on to negotiate with Republicans on spending cuts ahead of the country’s summer deadline to raise the debt ceiling.
The West Virginia senator, a centrist Democrat, argued that the United States needs to put itself on a fiscally sustainable path, a call that comes as Republicans push to roll back spending as part of any debt ceiling agreement. Democratic lawmakers have resisted the call for concessions, largely insisting on a clean increase and arguing that risking default would be devastating for the economy. Manchin, for his part, said today's spending levels are “absolutely crippling.
“There's always times to have arguments and disagreements. But the looming debt crisis cannot. It cannot basically have the disruption that we have and the discourse and political toxic atmosphere that we have here. We've got to come together for the sake of our great country," he added. “Watching party politics and out-of-control spending threaten the very foundation of our great nation. This is exactly what George Washington was talking about, and he was so right 227 years ago and what's so wrong with Washington today,” he said.
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