McCarthy announces tentative debt limit deal with White House
Posted on AllSides May 27th, 2023
From The Left
Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced at a brief presser on Saturday night that House Republicans and the White House have reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government's debt limit, ending a months-long stalemate. "I just got off the phone with the president -- I talked to him twice today -- and after weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle," McCarthy said, emerging from his office shortly after 9:00 PM on Saturday. "We still have a lot of work to do." McCarthy -- who did not...