Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) sharply criticized President Joe Biden’s unwillingness to negotiate terms for raising the nation’s debt ceiling and urged him to meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to arrive at a compromise.
“For the sake of the country, I urge President Biden to come to the table, propose a plan for real and substantive spending cuts and deficit reduction, and negotiate now,” Manchin wrote on Twitter on April 20.
The nudge came a day after McCarthy unveiled legislation to increase the nation’s debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion or until March 31, 2024, whichever comes first, combined with caps on future spending, the repeal of certain tax credits, the imposition of work requirements for some recipients of public assistance, and easing regulations on the extraction of fossil fuels….