The president said Republicans are threatening to slash park ranger and wildland firefighter jobs, among others, in exchange for lifting the ceiling on the nation’s debt.
Speaking in the White House Rose Garden, Biden bemoaned “a time when some of the nation’s most dedicated conservationists were in the other party” as the two sides trade barbs in the fight over federal spending.
“He wants to cut 22% of everything that isn’t defense spending,” Biden said, warning that “thousands of wildland firefighters would stop getting paid,” park rangers “face losing their jobs” and layoffs loom for workers regulating water quality. Aides met Wednesday and Thursday to search for areas of agreement after the leaders convened at the White House earlier in the week, a meeting McCarthy described to Republican members as aThe leaders are expected to reconvene ahead of Biden’s trip to Asia next week. The Treasury Department has notified lawmakers that the government could default on the nation’s $31.4 trillion debt by June 1, a nearing horizon for negotiators.
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