Biden Says Debt Limit Deal Reached with GOP, Bill Going to Congress
While it remains to be seen if that'll actually happen -- and it needs to before early June, or else -- Joe sounded optimistic about the bipartisan agreement ... noting both sides didn't necessarily get everything they wanted ... but, in the same breath, admitting that what they'd landed on was good enough to avoid a catastrophic default/likely economic collapse.
As for what exactly the deal entails ... well, that'll be revealed when the bill is posted publicly so everyone can peruse the deets. Reports have been flying ahead of that though ... and it sounds like SNAP benefit recipients are going to be hit with new work requirements, something many Democrats are lamenting. But some Republicans are groaning too.
Kevin McCarthy dismissed threats of opposition among fellow Republicans and said he is not worried about losing his speakership over the debt-ceiling deal he cut with President Joe Biden
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