Debt Limit Talks Stall Again

[applegrove]

Debt Limit Talks Stall Again

May 20, 2023 at 8:15 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 63 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/05/20/debt-limit-talks-stall-again/

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“Debt limit talks between the White House and House Republicans stopped, started and stopped again Friday at the U.S. Capitol, a dizzying series of events in high-stakes negotiations to avoid a potentially catastrophic federal default,” the AP reports.

White House communications director Ben LaBolt said Saturday that “Any serious budget negotiation must include discussion both of spending and of revenues, but Republicans have refused to discuss revenue.”

Politico: “Privately, the White House shares some of the progressives’ anxiety that McCarthy will balk at the last minute, or prove unable to sell his conference on whatever deal is reached. But officials believe they have no choice but to forge ahead.”

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[applegrove]

1. Of course GOP only wants to talk about limiting spending and not

touching revenue. They want to put spending in a box and as numbers of people join social security and medicare, democrats will have to cut because there would be no point to increase revenue.

[LonePirate]

2. Is anyone else sick of this nonsense when the WH has a solution they can use immediately?

These pointless talks are demotivating and a complete waste of time. You cannot bargain or negotiate with terrorists. We should not even be asking them to find a compromise. It's absurd how we're entertaining those assholes and putting up with this garbage.

[ret5hd]

3. Lucy doing the old football trick again.

When are we gonna stop falling for it?

[liberalmediaaddict]

4. It's 2011 all over again

Hopefully the Biden team knows McCarthy and his Sedition Caucus can't be trusted.

House Democrats get it. That's why they filed legislation for a discharge petition back in January.

[617Blue]

5. There's ZERO chance the GOP will vote for any bill.

If Pres Biden completely caved and said he'd sign the bill they passed in the House they would then oppose it.

[doc03]

6. I agree 100% The COUP Caucus wants to crash the economy. nt

[GoCubsGo]

7. They obviously have no intention to reach any sort of agreement with the Dems.

All you have to do is look at whichever asshole it was they sent in yesterday to "negotiate." This was the one who made a big show of walking out in a snit in front of all the cameras. He was the one dressed like he was headed out for a fishing trip. Which is probably where that fucker was headed.

Garbage people, the entire lot of them.