News

Speaker McCarthy says no ‘movement’ in debt meeting with Biden

US lawmaker heads towards precarious vote for House speaker
Source: Video Screenshot

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that no agreement had been reached following a high-stakes meeting with President Joe Biden over raising the US debt limit.

“I didn’t see any new movement,” McCarthy said after the White House talks, which were also attended by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and the top Democrats in Congress, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Tags

About the author

AFP

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France. Founded in 1835 as Havas, it is the world's oldest news agency.







Daily Newsletter