{"id":1940696,"date":"2023-05-30T10:15:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T14:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-and-mccarthys-bumpy-journey-to-a-debt-ceiling-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-05-30T10:18:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T14:18:35","slug":"biden-and-mccarthys-bumpy-journey-to-a-debt-ceiling-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-and-mccarthys-bumpy-journey-to-a-debt-ceiling-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden and McCarthy&#8217;s rocky path to debt ceiling agreement."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fbiden-and-mccarthys-bumpy-journey-to-a-debt-ceiling-deal%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=1940696&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>Biden and McCarthy Put Aside Differences to Strike Debt Ceiling Deal<\/h2>\n<p>By Steve Holland<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013 When Kevin McCarthy was struggling early this year to get enough votes from his own Republicans to become Speaker of the House of Representatives, Democratic President Joe Biden called the prolonged saga a national embarrassment, then had a little fun.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got good news for you,\u201d Biden said, pointing playfully at a reporter after a speech in Kentucky. \u201cThey just elected you speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During months of tense exchanges over the U.S. <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>, McCarthy has also taken some swipes at Biden. Arguing that Biden should meet him to discuss his demands for lifting the debt ceiling in March, McCarthy made fun of the 80-year-old president\u2019s advanced age.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI would bring lunch to the White House. I would make it soft food if that\u2019s what he wants. It doesn\u2019t matter. Whatever it takes to meet,\u201d McCarthy told reporters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the last few weeks, however, both men have stopped the put-downs and cobbled together an agreement that will now lead to a congressional vote to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling and avoid a default that would wreak economic havoc on the country.<\/p>\n<p>Like the deal they crafted, the relationship the two men forged does not look pretty but appears to have gotten the job done.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think he negotiated with me in good faith,\u201d Biden said of McCarthy on Sunday. \u201cHe kept his word. He said what he would do. He did what he said he would do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The deal caps federal spending and forces more poor people to work for food aid, concessions that Democrats hate. But it also preserves much of Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act and punts the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-relying-on-moderates-in-the-house-to-run-interference-for-him-as-seven-republicans-not-on-board-with-bid-for-speaker\/\" title=\"McCarthy Relying on Moderates in the House to Run Interference for Him as Seven Republicans Not on Board With Bid for Speaker\">debt ceiling showdown<\/a> into 2025, which Republicans hate.<\/p>\n<h3>Strange Political Bedfellows<\/h3>\n<p>Biden, a veteran former senator from Delaware, talks about the days when both parties would often come together to solve pressing problems, and he has pushed his fellow Democrats to find across-the-aisle agreements as part of his larger attempts to re-center the country.<\/p>\n<p>Although he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-mob-attacks-kendall-jenner-for-cultural-appropriation-of-tequila\/\" title=\"Woke Mob Attacks Kendall Jenner For \u2018Cultural Appropriation\u2019 Of Tequila\">initially called<\/a> for the debt ceiling to be raised without negotiations, he ended up making compromises.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy, a 58-year-old Californian, is representative of a pugilistic style of Republican politics that took root with the \u201cTea Party\u201d and blossomed under former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>He came up through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-and-mccarthys-bumpy-journey-to-a-debt-ceiling-deal\/\" title=\"Biden and McCarthy's rocky path to debt ceiling agreement.\">party ranks pushing tax cuts<\/a> for companies and reduced government spending and is now presiding over an unruly Republican Party in which radical lawmakers have threatened to force him out of the Speaker job unless he takes a hard line with the White House.<\/p>\n<p>After an initial Feb. 1 meeting at the White House, an optimistic McCarthy predicted that he and Biden would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/md-gov-hogan-urges-biden-lawmakers-to-work-together-on-covid-19-relief-legislation\/\" title=\"Md. Gov. Hogan urges Biden, lawmakers to work together on COVID-19 relief legislation\">find common ground<\/a> and meet again soon.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, a three-month stand-off ensued.<\/p>\n<p>Biden refused to negotiate as the White House bet that investors and business groups would persuade Republicans to back off their threat to drive the United States into default.<\/p>\n<p>Both McCarthy and Biden spent that time accusing the other of putting the U.S. economy at risk. McCarthy complained of his own isolation from the White House.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI never had somebody from the White House reach out to me. Not one person from the administration called me. I called them,\u201d the House speaker told reporters at a Republican retreat in March.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even after negotiations finally began in earnest, McCarthy portrayed the president as the captive of \u201csocialists\u201d intent on default.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019d rather be the first president in history to default on the debt than to risk upsetting the radical socialists who are calling the shots for Democrats right now,\u201d McCarthy tweeted last week.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But his tone changed as both sides moved toward a deal last week, expressing his respect for White House negotiators: \u201cThese are highly intelligent, highly respected on both sides. They know their work, they know their job, they know the numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Republican Patrick McHenry, a key negotiator in the talks, noted that Biden and McCarthy were \u201ctwo Irish guys that don\u2019t drink\u201d but had found a way to work together.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat I saw in the Oval Office yesterday was a willingness to engage with each other in a sincere way \u2013 air disagreements, listen,\u201d McHenry said after one of the meetings last week.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden aides say the relationship between Biden and McCarthy is largely cordial and businesslike and that Biden recognizes the Speaker has a struggle on his hand presiding over the various factions within the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump, Pelosi Connections<\/h3>\n<p>It may not help their relationship that both men were very close to the other\u2019s predecessor.<\/p>\n<p>Biden idolized former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a woman \u201cwho I think will be considered the greatest Speaker in the history of this country,\u201d he said at his Feb. 7 State of the Union address.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy was an enthusiastic supporter of Biden\u2019s predecessor, Republican Donald Trump, and a frequent flyer on Air Force One when Trump was president.<\/p>\n<p>He was among 147 Republicans who voted to overturn Biden\u2019s 2020 election win over Trump\u2019s claims of election fraud, although he eventually acknowledged Biden as the legitimate president.<\/p>\n<p>He criticized Trump over his failure to rein in his own supporters during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, but remains in touch with him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin McCarthy faced difficulty in securing enough votes from his Republican party to become Speaker of the House of Representatives. 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