{"id":1933760,"date":"2023-05-19T02:03:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T06:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-and-schumer-sing-lighter-tune-on-debt-ceiling-as-talks-move-forward-we-have-a-structure-now\/"},"modified":"2023-05-19T02:05:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T06:05:04","slug":"mccarthy-and-schumer-sing-lighter-tune-on-debt-ceiling-as-talks-move-forward-we-have-a-structure-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-and-schumer-sing-lighter-tune-on-debt-ceiling-as-talks-move-forward-we-have-a-structure-now\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy and Schumer optimistic on debt ceiling talks: &#8216;We have a plan&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmccarthy-and-schumer-sing-lighter-tune-on-debt-ceiling-as-talks-move-forward-we-have-a-structure-now%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1933760&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Debt Ceiling Deadline Approaches: McCarthy and Schumer Optimistic<\/h2>\n<h3>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are feeling positive about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-teases-fast-track-debt-ceiling\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell Teases Fast-Track Debt Ceiling\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-with-full-control-of-government-democrats-massive-wish-list-is-stalling\/\" title=\"Even With Full Control Of Government, Democrats\u2019 Massive Wish List Is Stalling\">debt ceiling<\/a> ahead<\/a> of the June 1 deadline.<\/h3>\n<p>McCarthy recently spoke with Schumer about the timeline for passing a bill to avoid defaulting on the nation&#8217;s debt. According to CNN, McCarthy believes it would take four days in the House and seven in the Senate to pass such a bill. He also emphasized the importance of reaching an agreement &#8220;by sometime this weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While an agreement has not yet been reached, McCarthy is optimistic about the progress being made. &#8220;We have a structure now. I just believe where we were a week ago and where we are today is a much better place because we\u2019ve got the right people in the room discussing it in a very professional manner with all the knowledge and all the background from all the different leaders and what they want,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer is also hopeful that a bipartisan agreement can be reached to avoid defaulting on the nation&#8217;s debt. &#8220;I\u2019m also pleased that the other side has recognized the best way forward is a bipartisan piece of legislation that can secure enough votes to get through both the House and the Senate,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the positive outlook, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ioc-president-will-not-add-fuel-to-summer-olympics-cancellation-rumors\/\" title=\"IOC president will \u2018not add fuel\u2019 to Summer Olympics cancellation rumors\">recent poll showed<\/a> that respondents were divided on who was to blame for the lack of agreement regarding the debt ceiling. 33% of respondents pointed to President Joe Biden, while 27% named House Republicans, 32% identified both, and 8% said neither.<\/p>\n<h3>Schumer Announces Senate Recess Amid Debt Ceiling Negotiations<\/h3>\n<p>On the same day that Schumer expressed optimism about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-mitch-mcconnell-led-effort-to-trash-bob-dole-aides-career-over-peripheral-tie-to-january-6\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Mitch McConnell Led Effort to Trash Bob Dole Aide\u2019s Career over Peripheral Tie to January 6\">debt ceiling negotiations<\/a>, he also announced that the Senate will move forward with its planned May recess, which will end on May 30. This decision was met with criticism from a group of 14 House Republicans, who sent a letter urging Schumer to keep the Senate in session until a deal on the debt limit is reached.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>McCarthy and Schumer are optimistic about reaching a bipartisan agreement to avoid defaulting on the nation&#8217;s debt<\/li>\n<li>McCarthy believes it would take four days in the House and seven in the Senate to pass a bill to avert default<\/li>\n<li>Schumer announced the Senate will go on recess despite ongoing negotiations, drawing criticism from House Republicans<\/li>\n<li>A recent poll showed that respondents were divided on who was to blame for the lack of agreement regarding the debt ceiling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay tuned for updates on the debt ceiling negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>raise the debt ceiling before the deadline. Both leaders are optimistic about the progress being made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1933761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7218,10142,5487,3663,11356,4025,4411,3745],"class_list":["post-1933760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-we","tag-ceiling","tag-debt","tag-mccarthy","tag-optimistic","tag-plan","tag-schumer","tag-talks"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1933760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1933760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1933760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1933760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}