Top Senate Republicans are coalescing around SpeakerMcCarthy after the GOP leader announced his chamber would be moving forward with a bill to raise the debt limit and cut back on spending
House speaker Kevin McCarthy discusses how President Joe Biden has yet to work on the debt ceiling with him and what the GOP has accomplished so far on ‘Hannity.’
"If the House can transact something that does something about spending and debt and has reforms in it, I think that's something that obviously we're very supportive of here," Senate GOP Whip John Thune, R-S.D., told Fox News Digital.have indicated that they will have a bill ready next week, the details of which are still unclear.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy delivers a speech on the economy at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on April 17, 2023. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said,"I am hopeful that [McCarthy] will be able to get a bill through the House, and we'll be able to take a look at it at that."
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