President Biden is launching a new phase of his pressure campaign against House Republicans as the two sides made little progress in a meeting Tuesday. The U.S. could default in a matter of weeks.
Biden will travel to Valhalla, New York, on Wednesday to argue that a measure passed by House GOP lawmakers that would lift the debt limit for about a year while curbing some federal spending would impose cuts for veterans care, educators and other domestic priorities. The area is represented by first-term Republican Rep. Mike Lawler, whose district Biden won in 2020.
"He's proposed deep cuts that I believe will hurt American families," Biden told reporters after his meeting with McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Biden is also scheduled to spend a week abroad on a trip to Japan, Australia and Papua New Guinea later this month. He said postponing his travel is "possible but not likely."
"Nobody wants to see us default. Nobody wants to see us not raise the debt limit. But they also don't want to see us continue to spend money that we don't have," Lawler said. "When I'm out talking to folks in my community, my district, by and large they agree with my stance."
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