![]() ![]() Only days left to lift the nation’s borrowing authority and move those and other fiscal solutions through the House and Senate and into law before any economic meltdown. He did not say how challenging a potential compromise would be for his conservative conference to bless.īiden, according to the White House, reminded lawmakers that “neither side will get everything it wants.” ![]() It’s not that difficult to get to an agreement,” McCarthy told reporters. “It is possible to get a deal by the end of the week. Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young, an experienced former legislative aide, will lead talks for the White House along with top Biden policy and political adviser Steve Ricchetti, a veteran of past West Wing budget compromises during the Clinton and Obama years. There will be more daily meetings and phone calls, and McCarthy said he was pleased that Biden chose to put his White House team together with the Speaker’s team to “change the scope” of an unwieldy process that included dozens of players ( The Hill). On Tuesday, President Biden, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other congressional leaders met again. The nation’s fiscal stewards at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue may finally be getting somewhere after months of debt-limit grandstanding. ![]()
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