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McCarthy Scolds Biden on the US Debt Limit, Demands Start to Talks

  • President tells speaker to propose budget before Easter recess
  • McCarthy’s demands include energy permits, spending cuts
US President Joe Biden, left, and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

US President Joe Biden, left, and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

Photographer: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg
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President Joe Biden responded to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s demands that he begin negotiations over the debt ceiling by challenging Republicans to produce a public budget plan before departing Thursday for a two-week Easter recess.

The request — conveyed in a letter sent to McCarthy and posted by the White House to its social media channels — said that Republicans producing the plan would help lay the framework for an “in-depth conversation” once lawmakers returned in April.