Biden to meet with McCarthy, says Republican demands unacceptable

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Joe Biden will meet with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday for another round of talks on raising the US debt ceiling less than two weeks before a key deadline to avoid a disastrous default, officials said.

Anxiety was mounting in Washington Sunday ahead of the June 1 deadline, set by the US Treasury, for Congress to authorize more borrowing, as the two sides appeared nowhere near a compromise.

Speaking at a press conference before leaving to return to Washington from the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Biden said Republicans' latest demands for spending cuts as a condition for raising the US government borrowing authority were "frankly unacceptable."

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"I will not agree to a deal with House Republicans that protects billions in subsidies for Big Oil while putting the health care of 21 million Americans at risk," Biden said.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-intervenes-try-break-us-030047621.html

[LoisB]

1. I wouldn't give them squat.

[Walleye]

2. McCarthy will go into the oval office full of pride and buster

I’m hoping he comes out of the White House with his tail between his legs. He has a haughty spirit that goes before a fall. And President Biden has public sentiment on his side

[BOSSHOG]

13. Prediction

Watch kev tomorrow when he hits the microphones. His face will show blood pressure issues as they have done after past visits with Dark Brandon. Kev is way out of his weight class.

[Walleye]

14. Exactly

[dem4decades]

3. At what point when does Biden go on national TV and make his case? And blame the MAGA

Republicans for doing what Trump wants to do, destroy America?

[spanone]

7. ⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆

[Joinfortmill]

4. Joe drew the line in the sand. He will use the 14th Amendment if he's forced to.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. It just might work, though i'm wary of the precedent

If Joe Biden does use the 14th Amendment, will Republicans sue? They would be saying "It's a power grab and it's better if we default."

Will SCOTUS reverse Biden's decision? They would be saying, "Yes, let's default, it's not a problem."

Republicans and SCOTUS are quite vulnerable here.

[Joinfortmill]

9. I think Joe was serious. I also think the GOP will back down. But I know nothing. Just praying.

[anciano]

10. I also believe the Repubs will cave....

I think the pressure from their donors will be too intense to ignore. But we shall see .....

[Joinfortmill]

11. 👍

[BOSSHOG]

12. As I read the 14th amendment

It is unconstitutional to default on our countries finances.?! Am I reading wrong?

Garbage has been vulnerable for years, that’s why billionaires have been “investing” in our court system.

[Cha]

6. Well Yeah! And, kev & the Putin Caucus

have made it that way.

[Blue Owl]

8. We know Joe ain't caving to no lousy 15-round loser

[Walleye]

15. They always underestimate Joe, that's how he beats them

Joe has 10 times the knowledge and 10 times the character of Kevin

[Phoenix61]

16. Biden has something Kevin will never have.

The ability to keep going when giving up would be so much easier. Biden’s been to hell and back or as an ex-boyfriend used to say…
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for I am the baddest mother fucker here.