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Biden And McCarthy To Discuss Debt Ceiling As Time Runs Short To Reach A Deal

Headline from Forbes, on the newest of 4 developments

Republicans will either need to abandon their attempt to extract meaningful policy concessions in exchange for a debt limit increase or offer President Biden a short-term increase that creates room for a realistic negotiation process.

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  1. Biden and McCarthy set to meet over debt ceiling

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  2. Senate, for now, defers to Biden and McCarthy on debt talks

    Headline from Roll Call ·

  3. McConnell Backs McCarthy’s Hand Ahead of Debt Summit Next Week

    Headline from Breitbart News ·

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    Biden And McCarthy To Discuss Debt Ceiling As Time Runs Short To Reach A Deal

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  1. Fox News

    Senate Republicans, including McConnell, say debt limit fight is between McCarthy and Biden (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Multiple GOP senators indicated their chamber is secondary in debt limit talks, and the House GOP majority is the one pressing for spending cuts in a deal with Biden.

  2. Breitbart News

    White House Caves: Biden Asks McCarthy to Negotiate Debt Limit (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    President Joe Biden finally requested House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to negotiate the debt limit on May 9 to avoid default.

  3. Deseret News

    Biden and McCarthy set to meet over debt ceiling (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    Their meeting comes after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. could hit the debt limit by June 1

  4. Washington Examiner

    Manchin urges Biden to negotiate with McCarthy over debt ceiling (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) urged President Joe Biden to negotiate with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) over the debt ceiling.

  5. NBC News

    Speaker McCarthy accepts Biden's invitation to debt ceiling meeting (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The president's invitation to congressional leaders to meet May 9 came hours after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the U.S. would need to extend the debt ceiling "as early as June 1," sooner than expected.

  6. NBC News

    Can Democrats go around McCarthy to force a debt ceiling vote? It’s possible (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    House Democrats are wielding a rarely used tool known as a "discharge petition" to go around Speaker Kevin McCarthy on a simple debt limit extension. Here's what you need to know.

  7. Roll Call

    Senate, for now, defers to Biden and McCarthy on debt talks (opens Roll Call)

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    Roll Call's feed description

    Senators are so far standing firm on letting Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden work out how to address the debt limit.

  8. Fox News

    Rick Scott’s advice to McCarthy on the debt ceiling talks: Remember the American public (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Sen. Rick Scott called on all Republican senators to "be active" in supporting Speaker Kevin McCarthy in debt limit negotiations with the president

  9. Breitbart News

    McConnell Backs McCarthy’s Hand Ahead of Debt Summit Next Week (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    McConnell backed McCarthy’s support for ”substantive” budget cuts days before he is set to meet with Biden to negotiate on the debt ceiling.

  10. Washington Examiner

    Republicans worry these three changes to debt ceiling bill will sink future plans (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Some House Republicans are reportedly worried about a slew of last-minute changes that were made to Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) debt limit proposal, expressing concerns the Republican leader is harming chances of passing a compromise bill by making unrealistic promises to the most conservative…

  11. RedState

    McConnell Makes It Clear—No Debt Ceiling Deal in Senate 'Without Substantive Spending' Cuts (opens RedState)

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    RedState's feed description

    McCarthy appears to have Mitch McConnell standing with him on this one.

  12. New York Post

    Biden STILL refuses to take the debt-ceiling nightmare seriously (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    President Joe Biden finally sits down with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday to discuss raising the debt limit — for the first time in 100 days.

  13. Winchester Star

    Debt options abound, but can Biden, McCarthy strike a deal? (opens Winchester Star)

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    Winchester Star's feed description

    The White House and Congress could strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for budget cuts. Or they could agree to a stopgap measure to keep paying

  14. Breitbart News

    Lee: We Have 'More than Enough' GOP Senators to Stop Dems on Debt Ceiling, Force Biden to Negotiate (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    On this week's broadcast of FNC's "Sunday Morning Futures," Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) insisted Senate Republicans would give House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) the negotiating leverage he needed on the debt ceiling. | Clips

  15. NBC News

    McCarthy approaches Biden debt ceiling talks with the economy — and his job — at stake (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    To become speaker, Kevin McCarthy made it easier for hard-right members to remove him. Negotiating a debt ceiling deal with President Joe Biden could put his gavel on the line.

  16. Fox News

    Biden must drop ‘absolutist’ position in debt ceiling talks with McCarthy, think tanks warn (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The president has invited the top four Congressional leaders to the White House on Tuesday to discuss the U.S. debt ceiling, but President Biden is refusing to negotiate spending cuts in those talks.

  17. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

    Biden, McCarthy head into showdown as debt limit crisis nears (opens Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

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    Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier's feed description

    Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy have arrived at a crucial moment in their debt ceiling fight — a meeting that risks cementing their standoff rather than yielding a breakthrough in a crisis already unnerving markets.

  18. Fortune

    Biden and McCarthy are in a standoff over the debt ceiling and something's gotta give: 'We have to avoid default, period. Full stop' (opens Fortune)

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    The political incentive for compromise is hard to come by, with no easy endgame ahead of a June 1 deadline.

  19. Washington Times

    McCarthy, Biden fail to resolve impasse on debt limit but agree to talk budget cuts (opens Washington Times)

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    Congressional leaders emerged from a meeting with President Biden Tuesday saying they were unable to reach a breakthrough on raising the nation’s borrowing limit, despite a default deadline looming in three weeks.

  20. amNewYork

    As national default looms, McCarthy says debt deal needed next week (opens amNewYork)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that a federal debt deal with President Joe Biden is needed by next week if Washington hopes to

  21. FOX Business

    McCarthy says no progress in debt ceiling talks with Biden: ‘I didn't see any new movement’ (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Senate and House leaders met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday

  22. Washington Times

    McCarthy rules out short-term hike to debt ceiling ahead of White House meeting (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ruled out a short-term hike to the debt ceiling on Tuesday shortly before a meeting with President Biden at the White House on the looming fiscal deadline.

  23. Sioux City Journal

    Biden, congressional leaders meet to discuss nation's debt limit; McCarthy sees 'no new movement' (opens Sioux City Journal)

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    Sioux City Journal's feed description

    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says a debt deal with President Joe Biden is needed by next week if Washington hopes to avert a catastrophic default.

  24. PBS NewsHour

    WATCH: McCarthy says he 'didn’t see any new movement' on debt ceiling after meeting with Biden (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says after meeting with President Joe Biden and other Democrats that he "didn't see any new movement" toward ending a months-long impasse over raising the nation's borrowing limit.

  25. Forbes

    Biden And McCarthy To Discuss Debt Ceiling As Time Runs Short To Reach A Deal (opens Forbes)

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    Republicans will either need to abandon their attempt to extract meaningful policy concessions in exchange for a debt limit increase or offer President Biden a short-term increase that creates room for a realistic negotiation process.

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