House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he and President Joe Biden had a “productive discussion” on the debt ceiling but still lack an agreement.
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President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared to make progress but did not reach an agreement during a pivotal White House meeting on raising the debt ceiling 10 days before a potential default. “I felt we had a productive discussion,” McCarthy told reporters following the roughly one-hour meeting. “We don’t have an agreement yet.”
The high-stakes Oval Office meeting, which lasted about an hour, came after negotiations took a step backwards over the weekend amid long-standing disagreements on spending cuts sought by Republicans.
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