6/14/2023 0 Comments Optimism for kids![]() Monday evening’s meeting at the White House came after negotiations hit a snag and were put on pause Friday, and representatives of each side spent most of the next two days criticizing the other while defending their own positions. We don’t have an agreement yet, but I did feel the discussion was productive in areas that we have differences of opinion,” McCarthy said outside the West Wing, adding that the “tone” of Monday’s meeting was also “better than any other time we’ve had discussions.” McCarthy’s mixed messaging about prospect of securing a deal before next month follows a meeting at the White House with Biden on Monday evening, where the speaker had underscored that both parties are united in their goal of reaching an agreement to raise the nation’s debt limit before the country defaults. And so the rest of us being here, just waiting around, doesn’t do any good for anyone,” Hern said. “The negotiations are with the speaker and his team and the White House and their team. Members can always be called back, but Hern told reporters that this is a deal that has to be reached between a few key people. Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern said McCarthy told members during Tuesday morning’s meeting they should return to their districts if a deal isn’t reached by the White House and Republican negotiators by Memorial Day weekend. McCarthy has maintained that both parties could still obtain a deal by the June 1 deadline, but he is also now accusing the president of trying to “disrupt” negotiations by bringing proposals involving Medicare and Social Security back “into the fold.” The speaker also told CNN’s Manu Raju that the only concession he will make is raising the borrowing limit, which shows that Republicans are not willing to give any more than raising the debt ceiling in exchange for their demands. While Republicans have said they want to keep as much of their debt ceiling bill intact as possible – and hold on to as many Republican members as possible – Graves acknowledged that they still have to take the Democratic-majority Senate and Democratic president into account. I’ll tell you that that’s not what I’m operating under, and that everything’s on the table, and we’re gonna keep negotiating until there’s a deal that makes sense and meets the speaker’s parameters,” Graves said, adding that the biggest gap is a lack of general agreements on spending cuts. And you’ve seen some folks that have indicated that some of these issues cannot be included. We do not have any of those issues closed out. “Look, there are some big bright red lines on both sides. Garret Graves, McCarthy’s chief negotiator during debt ceiling talks, told CNN Tuesday afternoon that there are still large differences between both parties in negotiations. ![]() Negotiations dragged on Tuesday as White House negotiators again went to Capitol Hill to meet with House Republicans.
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