Speaker Kevin McCarthy was speaking a giant sport about negotiations and spending cuts earlier than he met with President Biden, but it surely didn’t go that means.

Right here is the readout of the assembly as offered to PoliticusUSA by the White Home:

As a part of a collection of conferences with congressional leaders, President Biden hosted Speaker McCarthy within the Oval Workplace this afternoon, the place they’d a frank and easy dialogue.

They coated a spread of points and President Biden underscored that he’s wanting to proceed working throughout the aisle in good religion, after passing historic bipartisan legal guidelines throughout his first two years in workplace.

President Biden made clear that, as each different chief in each events in Congress has affirmed, it’s their shared responsibility to not permit an unprecedented and economically catastrophic default. The USA Structure is specific about this obligation, and the American individuals count on Congress to fulfill it in the identical means all of his predecessors have. It isn’t negotiable or conditional.

The President welcomes a separate dialogue with congressional leaders about methods to scale back the deficit and management the nationwide debt whereas persevering with to develop the economic system. This dialog ought to construct on the President’s management in delivering a document $1.7 trillion in deficit discount in his first two years in workplace.

The President and the Speaker agreed to proceed the dialog.

Kevin McCarthy stated that he was coming to the White Home to barter. President Biden stated there shall be no negotiations on the debt ceiling.

What seals the deal is how McCarthy reacted when requested about what spending cuts he requested after the assembly:

McCarthy is requested after assembly what Biden about what packages he thinks needs to be reduce. He says he is not going to barter in public. pic.twitter.com/JtKRVBmu9N

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 1, 2023

McCarthy stated that they didn’t speak about spending cuts.

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Kevin McCarthy tells his supporters that he’s coming to the White Home for spending cuts, however he didn’t speak about spending cuts with President Biden.

It appears like McCarthy obtained rolled in his assembly with Biden.

None of that is stunning as Speaker McCarthy has persistently demonstrated his weak spot, and it’s simple to know why some Republicans are already attempting to bail on the debt ceiling showdown.

Jason is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work targeted on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.

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