Not long ago, Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy used to have breakfast together in the then-vice president’s home
“You know, when I met with him as the vice president, he was always eager to sit down and talk,” McCarthy recalled to The Associated Press ahead of the meeting. “He was always a person who would like to try to find solutions, work together.”
Both have built political brands on their ability to meet with all comers, forging deals where none seemed likely. They've shown mutual respect during their limited interactions in Biden's presidency, according to one senior White House official. And both have been here before, veterans of the last fiscal showdown,, when Biden, as vice president to Barack Obama, tried to negotiate an endgame to a standoff with McCarthy's predecessors in Congress.
Recalling those difficult negotiations, Biden has been reluctant to negotiate with the new House Republicans under McCarthy. Ahead of Wednesday's meeting, the White House released a memo outlining the “two questions” Biden will pose to the Republican leader. While McCarthy comes to the negotiating table with the power of the new House majority behind him, he is also viewed as coming somewhat empty-handed.
“The deal has to be cut, obviously, between the House majority and the Democratic president, in order for it to have a chance to survive over here.”
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