Report: Mitch McConnell Backs Kevin McCarthy’s Hand Ahead of Debt Summit Next WeekJordan Dixon-Hamilton 5 May 2023
Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) backed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s support for ”substantive” budget cuts days before he is set to meet with President Joe Biden and other congressional leaders to negotiate on debt ceiling legislation.
The Hill reported that McConnell signed onto a letter sent to Democrat Senate Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), that calls for “structural budget reform” in debt ceiling negotiations and opposes Democrats’ proposal for a “clean” bill that only raises the debt ceiling.
The letter is McConnell’s clearest statement about where he stands amid the debt ceiling negotiations, as The Hill noted.
The letter reads:
The Senate Republican conference is united behind the House Republican conference in support of spending cuts and structural budget reform as a starting point for negotiations on the debt ceiling.
As such, we will not be voting for cloture on any bill that raises the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms.
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