U.S. President Joe Biden ¡°looks forward¡± to meeting with Kevin McCarthy, the new Republican House speaker, to discuss a variety of issues, but negotiation on raising the U.S. debt limit is off the table, the White House said Friday night.
¡°Like the president has said many times, raising the debt ceiling is not a negotiation; it is an obligation of this country and its leaders to avoid economic chaos,¡± White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement, which did not provide a date for the meeting.
¡°Congress has always done it, and the president expects them to do their duty once again. That is not negotiable,¡± Jean-Pierre added.
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