McCarthy Wants Meeting With Biden Before Shutdown

Politico reports:

Speaker Kevin McCarthy has reached a new point in spending negotiations, with only five days until a shutdown deadline: pushing for a meeting with President Joe Biden. While McCarthy and his allies are increasingly projecting confidence they’ll be able to notch at least one minor spending win this week, it won’t do anything to avert a shutdown.

“I think it’d be very important to have a meeting with the president,” McCarthy said, when questioned if he was requesting a sit down with the president. But the California Republican made clear he would have steep demands, such as passing the GOP’s border security bill: “The president could keep government open by doing something on the border.”

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Four days to go till a shutdown.

Things are getting weirder.

McCarthy—who reneged on a 2-year budget deal he struck with Biden under pressure from his hardliners, and has struggled to pass a funding bill through the House—now wants a meeting with Biden.https://t.co/0bkYjXPkyG

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) September 26, 2023

We have an opportunity to secure the border AND keep the government open. https://t.co/zEygn3rIlm

— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) September 26, 2023