House speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden offered opposing points over the issue of raising the debt limit.
raising U.S. borrowing authority
"Unfortunately the president doesn't think it's important," McCarthy said when asked about how talks on the debt ceiling were going.raise the $31.4 trillion debt limitBiden and leading Democrats in Congress have urged McCarthy to unveil Republicans' plans for cutting spending, saying that additional meetings before that happens would be fruitless.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters on Thursday that Democrats welcome budget talks anytime. But McCarthy "has got to show us his plan. To just sit down and not have a plan, what's the point? What are you going to say, 'Thanks for the coffee?'"
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