President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) accomplished the difficult task of reaching a tentative agreement to avert a debt default over the weekend. Now comes a much harder challenge: selling the deal to their respective sides.
The debt ceiling deal that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) struck with the White House includes the expedited completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a surprise development in the protracted negotiations that is sure to upset dozens of Democrats who oppose new fossil fuel infrastructure.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) office released the full text of the compromise debt ceiling bill late Sunday, teeing up a likely Wednesday vote on its passage.
President Joe Biden defended his deal in principle with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) that enacts spending cuts to avert a debt default as "good news" for the country, despite facing criticism from both sides of the aisle.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is planning to work with President Joe Biden on additional energy-permitting reform after Congress turns the page on the debt limit ordeal.
Several GOP senators trashed President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) debt ceiling deal, signaling more possible defections of the effort to avert a default.
Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) said he has no plans to issue "blanket pardons" to those involved in Jan. 6, placing himself in stark contrast with former President Donald Trump.
