Mitch McConnell Warns He Has No ‘Secret Plan’ to Solve US Debt Impasse
- GOP leader predicts Biden, McCarthy will eventually cut deal
- Leaders meet tomorrow at White House as debt cliff nears
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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned he won’t come to President Joe Biden’s rescue on the debt limit by breaking a partisan deadlock as a catastrophic US default looms.
A day before a crucial meeting between Biden and congressional leaders, McConnell said in an interview Monday he told the president privately it was up to him and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to find a solution, even as he projected confidence the nation would avert a default.