Biden 'optimistic' on debt ceiling before talks with McCarthy
“We both talked about the need for bipartisan agreement,” Biden said at the start of the meeting.
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“We both talked about the need for bipartisan agreement,” Biden said at the start of the meeting.
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy both said they had a productive debt ceiling discussion late Monday at the White House, but there was no agreement as negotiators strained to raise the nation's borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden engage in productive discussions on the debt ceiling, as Washington faces a looming deadline.
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are meeting at the White House on the impasse over the government's debt ceiling.