The deadline for extending the debt limit is approaching. But Democrats don't want to default, they don't want to negotiate, and they don't trust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to negotiate.
with almost all Democrats and just 87 of 232 Republicans—McCarthy seems content to let the standoff continue until Senate Democrats at least get serious about major spending cuts.
Approximately a dozen Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Rick Scott , gathered outside the Capitol Wednesday to echo that call. Scott said he was “proud” of the House GOP for passing its bill. But staring down a potential stalemate with Republicans—and their own confirmed doubts about McCarthy’s potential to lead—Senate Democrats aren’t exactly offering many immediate solutions. Instead, they’re just blaming the impasse on McCarthy.“But,” Cardin added, “we have to deal with the cards that have been dealt, and we have to figure out a way to move forward.”
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