Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) urged everyone to “relax” as the nation could potentially default if the Biden administration refuses to agree with House Republicans on cutting the federal budget.
CLAIM: White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during Tuesday’s press briefing that President Joe Biden tried to negotiate the federal budget “for months” with House Republicans through debt limit talks.
House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) said she was confident House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) would prevail in the debt ceiling negotiations underway with congressional Democrats and the Biden administration.
Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “José Díaz-Balart Reports” that President Joe Biden can invoke the 14th Amendment to end the debt ceiling stalemate if necessary.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) told reporters on Monday that he’s open to freezing the federal spending at current levels to secure a debt ceiling deal, while acknowledging the idea is not liked throughout his party.
On Monday’s edition of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) argued that we don’t need to reduce spending and “we need so much” more spending. Host Yamiche Alcindor asked, “Of course, one of the core sticking points here is
Monday, on FNC’s “Hannity,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich applauded the approach House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was taking in dealing with President Joe Biden and the debt ceiling negotiations.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen doubled down Monday on her default projection, telling House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) the government could reach its debt limit as early as June 1.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) reacted to President Joe Biden’s calls for revenue increases to be a part of debt ceiling talks by stating that instead of increasing taxes, we should
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday said he had a “productive discussion” with President Joe Biden.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Monday signaled that he may call off the House recess scheduled for next week to deal with the debt ceiling.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Monday afternoon for debt ceiling discussions as the United States inches closer to defaulting on its $31.3 trillion debt.
House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Monday that he believes the Republican debt ceiling plan would have a “huge” impact on inflation.
A majority of Americans want the United States debt ceiling to be raised “only if lawmakers include terms on reducing the federal budget deficit,” according to an Associated Press-NORC poll.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that President Joe Biden was “willing to tank the economy” over the debt ceiling debate.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that President Joe Biden can not invoke the 14th Amendment to address the debt ceiling under the current circumstances.
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) attempts to negotiate with the Biden administration on the debt ceiling were really “MAGA Republicans” “threatening to blow up the economy if we don’t do things exactly their way.”
The old adage that “politics ends at the water’s edge” was cast aside Sunday, when President Joe Biden began a press conference at the G-7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, by attacking House Republicans over the debt limit.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) slammed President Joe Biden amid debt ceiling negotiations and accused the president of preferring the United States default on its debts rather than cut federal spending.
Democrats continue to vent over how they have been forced to negotiate with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on a potential debt ceiling deal after months of saying they would not consider discussing such a compromise.
On Friday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) claimed that House Republican leaders “are threatening default if President Biden doesn’t give in to them.” And President Joe Biden should have the option of unilaterally getting the clean
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) reacted to calls from some Democrats for increased taxes on the wealthy as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling by pointing out that the House
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while he doesn’t think doing budgeting through negotiations over the debt ceiling is the best way to do things, “this is the only mechanism we seem to have,
On Friday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) stated that he believes that there will be support among Democrats for spending caps in an agreement to raise the debt ceiling — like those that are a part
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that he would accept a deal to raise the debt ceiling even if it doesn’t require Republicans to meet Democrats halfway,
Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA), who has been leading debt ceiling talks, said on Friday that Republicans would “pause” talks with the Biden White House on debt ceiling negotiations.
On Thursday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Surveillance,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby responded to criticisms that President Joe Biden should have met with House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) about the debt ceiling sooner so that
Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight” that it is President Joe Biden’s “patriotic duty” to use the 14th Amendment to address the debt ceiling.
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Democratic California U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) stated that if she was meeting with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Citi CEO Jane Fraser, and Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan —
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) argued that House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is making the “unreasonable” demand in debt ceiling negotiations “to unleash more fossil fuels on America while states like mine
President Joe Biden left for overseas, leaving Vice President Kamala Harris to be briefed about the continuing debt ceiling talks.
China’s state-run Global Times had a field day on Wednesday, mocking President Joe Biden for canceling his trips to Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG).
A shocking poll found that more Americans blame President Joe Biden than House Republicans for the nation’s debt ceiling impasse.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” House Budget Committee Ranking Member Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) stated that “deep-pocketed special interests” “will start applying pressure to” Republicans to go along with Democrats on raising the debt ceiling without any spending
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) argued that House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) — who is the only leader in Congress to pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling — is the only
American Action Network (AAN), a nonprofit advocacy group with close ties to House Republican leadership, launched an ad campaign telling President Joe Biden to avoid a default and “compromise” with Republicans.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to questions on whether President Joe Biden would support stricter work requirements as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling by stating that work
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (D-CA) “does not fully appreciate” the danger of Congress failing to raise the debt ceiling.
The White House on Tuesday canceled President Joe Biden’s planned trips to Papua New Guinea and Australia, which were to have taken place next week on his way home from the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, Japan.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) argued that imposing work requirements for certain federal government benefit programs as part of a deal to raise the debt limit would be “cruel, especially as we see
