Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on May 21 that Republicans and President Joe Biden can find “common ground” on the debt ceiling despite lingering “philosophical” disagreements.
McCarthy and Biden reportedly discussed the matter again as Biden returned home on Air Force One from the G-7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan.
McCarthy told reporters at the U.S. Capitol that the call was “productive” and that the discussion would continue on the evening of May 21.
“I think we can solve some of these problems if he understands what we’re looking at,” McCarthy said of the president. “But I’ve been very clear to him from the very beginning. We have to spend less money than we spent last year.”…