Kevin McCarthy in Driver's Seat as Debt Ceiling Negotiations With Biden Resume Monday; Polls Show Strong Majority of Americans Back GOP Position, Approval of McCarthy Rising

As brinksmanship debt ceiling negotiations between Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Joe Biden are set to resume late Monday afternoon at the White House in the face of a looming June 1 deadline, an AP/NORC poll released last Friday shows a strong majority of Americans–63 percent (58 percent of Democrats!)–support the Republican position of reducing deficit spending as opposed to Biden’s initial long-standing position of an unconditional debt ceiling increase. House Republicans under McCarthy’s leadership have passed the only bill on the debt ceiling, the Limit, Save...