White House chief of staff Jeff Zients said the Biden administration would not negotiate with GOP over its debt ceiling spending cut proposal.
The administration is insisting that talks over raising the U.S. debt limit be kept separate from talks about federal spending.
Zients told NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid, in an April 20 interview, that President Joe Biden would refuse to negotiate over spending cuts with House Republicans in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.
Zients said that Republicans are irresponsible for “tying two things together that should never be tied together,” referring to the debt limit and budget discussions….