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Republicans say there’s a ‘lack of urgency’ from White House

By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt ceiling negotiators for President Joe
Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy traded more budget-
cutting ideas at the Capitol Tuesday, but Republicans warned of a
“lack of urgency” at the White House to resolve the standoff in time
to avert a potentially chaotic federal default.
With barely a week to go before a deadline as soon as June 1 the
Democratic president and the Republican speaker were staring
down a financial crisis. Failure to strike a deal would be unprec-
edented, and certain to throw U.S. financial markets into turmoil,
inflicting economic pain at home and abroad. Markets lowered
Tuesday with no deal in sight.
“We’re not there yet,” McCarthy said at the Capitol, reiterating he
won’t bring any bill forward “that doesn’t spend less than we spent
this year.” Behind closed doors, McCarthy urged his slim House Re-
publican majority to “just stick together” despite their own factions
as he negotiates the strongest deal possible for conservatives, said Top Republican debt crisis mediators Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., left, and Rep. Patrick
lawmakers exiting the private session. He told reporters the teams McHenry, R-N.C., center, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, have
are eyeing “creative” ways of rolling back spending that all sides a laugh as they stop for questions by reporters on progress in the talks with the Biden
can accept. administration, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Rep. Chip Roy,
Continued on Page 2 R-Texas, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, joins at upper right.
Associated Press