, but since then, Biden has remained adamant that raising the debt ceiling, and keeping the US on top of paying its bills, should be a clean — and bipartisan — deal.
McCarthy and his colleagues disagree. They have vowed to use raising the debt ceiling as leverage to achieve their own priorities, like major spending cuts, and they want Biden to come to the bargaining table before the country defaults. The White House did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on the letter.
"With each passing day, I am incredibly concerned that you are putting an already fragile economy in jeopardy by insisting upon your extreme position of refusing to negotiate any meaningful changes to out-of-control government spending alongside an increase of the debt limit," McCarthy wrote in his letter.
"Your position—if maintained—could prevent America from meeting its obligations and hold dire ramifications for the entire nation," he continued.Democrats are still waiting for a concrete plan from Republicans on what exactly they want to cut to raise the debt ceiling. "It's time for Republicans to stop playing games, pass a clean debt ceiling bill, and quit threatening our economic recovery," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a."The President welcomes a separate conversation about our nation's fiscal future. Earlier this month, he released a budget that cuts the deficit by nearly $3 trillion while lowering costs for families and investing in America. Speaker McCarthy and his extreme MAGA caucus have refused to put out a budget.
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