Kevin McCarthy threatened with GOP rebellion over rumored debt-limit deal with Biden
Mr. McCarthy has long said that the GOP’s debt limit bill was only an initial offer meant to kickstart negotiations with the“When have I ever said you have to agree to 100% of what I want? All I’ve ever said to the president is … I will not raise taxes [and] I will not put a clean debt ceiling on the floor,” said Mr. McCarthy. “But everything else is on the table.”
Apart from wanting the final deal to look like the debt limit bill passed by House Republicans last month, thewants Mr. McCarthy to push for defunding the new FBI headquarters and spend more money on border security. into accepting all of the GOP’s debt limit demands. They say the short-term extension should include provisions repealing $80 billion in new IRS agents and the return of unspent COVID-19 relief.comes from a unified House Republican Conference,” the lawmakers wrote. “You have that. We are behind you. Use our unity to make history.”nearly tanked Mr. McCarthy’s speakership bid this year. In exchange for allowing Mr.
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