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# Why Joe Biden, Who Loves to Make Deals, Is Not Offering One to Kevin McCarthy

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## Video: Why Joe Biden, Who Loves to Make Deals, Is Not Offering One to Kevin McCarthy

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_Published 2023-02-01. As President Joe Biden welcomed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to the White House on Wednesday for the first time since the California Republican fulfilled a long-chased dream of wielding the gavel, Biden knew he was going to ask—no, demand, White House officials previewed—that Republicans commit to not defaulting on the nation’s bills and boosting the borrowing limit to cover past debts._


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## Transcript

He wants to hear from the speaker. What's his plan? What is his plan on the budget? What is his plan to really a deal with to deal with to deal with? What is at the top of the minds of the American people? How are we going to lower costs for them? How we going to deal with the national deficit? Which is something that the president has taken very seriously by and record it and record fashion, lowering the deficit by 1.7 billion dollars. He wants to talk about that. He's always willing to have those conversations in, good faith and also he wants to see what their budget is. What is their plan? We've heard them over and over again, talk about cutting Medicare, cutting a social security.

This is what we've heard from Republicans, leading up to the midterms and then after the midterms so. Okay what, what is, what else were they going to be doing? What does that look like a tougher for them? Is there any strategy and is saying that ahead of this meeting is trying to throw up a little bit or on the flip side? Now she's not really helpful. I will say this like we understand with the speakers going through he has a caucus that you know that has put forth some pretty extreme ideas. Some extreme options in front of the American people cutting Medicare cutting Social Security. That is what he's dealing with.

And so, what we're saying is that, okay, well, this is what your your cock is saying, this is what your conference is saying, what's your plan? And I think that's what he's acknowledging, really, what the speaker is currently dealing with.

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