Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Sunday that Republicans aren’t moving the goalposts when it comes to negotiations with the White House over the debt ceiling. “We have never offered something different than we talked about the entire time,” McCarthy said on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” shortly before a phone call with President...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) claimed on Sunday that President Biden is bending to progressives amid negotiations over the debt ceiling with the threat of default looming. “You know, it really is unfortunate to see how Joe Biden is approaching this job. It’s all politics all the time, and he consistently...
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Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) on Sunday called the looming potential of default a “manufactured crisis,” pointing to previous debt ceiling increases under former President Trump. “This is a manufactured crisis,” Reed said on “Fox News Sunday.” “For three times, President Trump came to the Congress and asked us to pass a unconditional debt ceiling increase.” ...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday blamed Democrats for going on a “wild spending binge” after regaining control of the White House and Congress, despite previous spending increases under former President Trump. “It's irresponsible, what we are doing to the next generations,” Cruz said on “Fox News Sunday.” “To give you an order of magnitude,...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Sunday that a call he had with President Biden about the debt limit and looming default earlier in the day was “productive” and that the pair will meet in-person on Monday upon the president's return from Japan. “I believe it was a productive phone call,” McCarthy told reporters, noting...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on Sunday that President Biden’s position on using the 14th Amendment to unilaterally address the debt ceiling, which the president outlined earlier in the day, is “legally frivolous.” “I think Biden's position on the 14th Amendment is legally frivolous,” Cruz said on “Fox News Sunday.” “That's a provision that was...