Manchin has sought to bring both parties to the table to negotiate a deal to avert defaulting on the national debt.
Republicans are now calling for spending cuts—though they have not specified which ones—against threats to allow the federal government to default on its debt, a move experts say wouldAbove, West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin faces a bus shelter showing the national debt in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2023. Manchin suggested in a speech on March 2, 2023, that he and his fellow congressional Democrats not get paid until reaching a compromise with Republicans regarding national debt.
"My Democratic friends don't want to say a word about our out-of-control spending and are outright refusing to even talk to Republicans about reasonable and responsible reforms," said Manchin on Thursday.
"If we don't pass a budget, we—as elected leaders, from the president all the way down—should not get paid," he added."Period." It's not all in Democrats' hands, Manchin said, taking aim at Republicans he said had so far"refused to offer any specifics, and some have recklessly threatened default" regarding spending and the debt ceiling.
Thursday's comments come several weeks after a similar series of public statements and interviews in which the West Virginia Democrat publicly broke with party leadership to urge negotiations with Republicans on a deal to avert defaulting on the nation's debt.
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