President Biden said he plans to meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to discuss raising the debt ceiling despite his firm demands earlier this week that Congress raise the nation’s borrowing limit “without conditions.”
The president opened the door to a discussion with the California Republican during a White House event on Friday with city mayors.
“We’re going to have a little discussion on that,” he said. “If we don’t meet our national debt and renege for the first time, we have a calamity that exceeds anything that’s ever happened financially in the United States.”
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