McCarthy says House could vote on debt ceiling deal as soon as next week
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., conducts a news conference with house and senate Republicans on the “debt crisis,” on the west plaza of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.
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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that he is optimistic that congressional negotiators could reach a deal to raise or suspend the debt ceiling in time to hold a House vote on it next week.
“I see the path that we can come to an agreement,” McCarthy told reporters in the Capitol. “And I think we have a structure now and everybody’s working hard, and I mean, we’re working two or three times a day, then going back getting more numbers.”
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