In the battle for the political high ground over the fast-approaching deadline to raise the nation’s borrowing limit, President Biden is trying to keep his party united behind his no-negotiations stance.
“Avoiding default is Congress’s responsibility and they should act on it without preconditions, as they have done in Democratic and Republican administrations,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Thursday. “And they should do that immediately.
“I’m happy to meet with McCarthy, but not on whether or not the debt limit gets extended,” Biden told reporters Wednesday. “That’s not negotiable.” But the move puts pressure on Biden to keep Democrats united behind his position that negotiating over the debt ceiling is a nonstarter. While most Democratic lawmakers agree, a few in the party are calling for talks and warning that the president has an obligation to make sure the nation avoids a catastrophic, first-ever default on its debt.
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