Associated PressThank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.President Joe Biden meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., to discuss the debt limit in the Oval Office of the White House, May 22, 2023, in Washington.
“I feel very good about it,” Biden told reporters Monday as he left Washington for his home in Delaware.“I’ve spoken to a number of the members,” he said, among them Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, a past partner in big bipartisan deals who largely sat this one out.To those progressive Democrats raising concerns about the package, the president had a simple message: “Talk to me.”
McCarthy acknowledged the hard-fought compromise with Biden will not be “100% of what everybody wants” as he leads a slim House majority powered by hard-right conservatives. The Republicans were also pushing to beef up work requirements for health care and other aid; Biden refused to go along on those.
The House aims to vote Wednesday and send the bill to the Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer along with McConnell are working for a quick passage by week’s end. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina complained that the military spending increases are not enough. “I will use all powers available to me in the Senate to have amendment votes to undo this catastrophe for defense,” he tweeted.
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