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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” to raise the nation’s legal debt ceiling late Saturday as they raced to strike a deal to limit federal spending and resolve a looming crisis ahead of a June 5 deadline, the House speaker said.

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” late Saturday as they raced to strike a deal to limit federal spending and resolve the looming debt crisis ahead of a June 5 deadline, the House speaker said.

The Democratic president and Republican speaker reached the agreement after the two spoke earlier Saturday evening by phone

Republican demands for work requirements on food stamps were met.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” to raise the nation’s legal debt ceiling late Saturday as they raced to strike a deal to limit federal spending and resolve a looming crisis ahead of a June 5 deadline, the House speaker said. The deal would avert […]

Homelessness, people coming out of foster care. those were three exemptions included. what do the numbers look like at the end of the day? im not sure. however, it is bad policy. i told the president that directly when he called me last week on wednesday, that this is saying to poor people and people who are in need that we dont trust them. and the average amount of assistance for snap, for example, is $6 a day, jake. were talking about $6 a day. and i think it is really unfortunate that the pre...

About that. >> it is really unfortunate that the president opened the door to this and while at the end of the day you know, perhaps this will, because of the exceptions, perhaps it will be okay. i cant commit to that. i really dont know. and our caucus -- and it is not just the progressives. across the spectrum, including problem solvers, by the way, people feel that this is bad policy. >> still a lot of anxiety there about this. >> absolutely. and if you are the white house this morning, you s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said today that Republican negotiators were

McCarthy gathers top allies at Capitol as negotiators push for deal that would raise nation's borrowing limit, avoid catastrophic default