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The debate over the debt ceiling is heating up again thanks to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s speech this week at the New York Stock Exchange.

Voters support cutting federal spending before raising the debt ceiling, according to an American Action Network (AAN) poll of voters in 87 battleground congressional districts.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) responded to a question on whether there are any proposals — like clawing back unspent COVID relief funds — for raising the debt ceiling that he

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that, apart from the conditions House Republicans have placed on lifting the debt ceiling, only raising the debt ceiling for a year “makes no sense”

House Republican leadership said during a conference meeting on Tuesday that the House will vote on a plan to raise the debt ceiling with spending cuts and other reforms next week.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Kudlow,” House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) stated that House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s plan on the debt ceiling largely reflects what the Freedom Caucus has proposed, but he wants

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reportedly said Monday that he believes there are 218 votes to pass House Republicans’ forthcoming debt ceiling resolution, which he said contains measures to limit federal spending, save taxpayers’ money, and “grow the economy.”

On Monday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated that someone is telling President Joe Biden not to negotiate over raising the debt ceiling because “politically, we’re in good shape, let’s make them play their hand out.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) offered to make President Joe Biden a “soft food” lunch in order to meet in person to talk about the debt limit.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) said that the White House has ignored outreach from the House on negotiating an agreement on the debt ceiling and that House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is asking

The House Freedom Caucus had sharp words for the White House’s rejection of its budget proposal on Monday, underscoring that hardline conservatives in the House are entirely at odds with President Joe Biden on spending plans ahead of the looming debt ceiling battle.

Call it the luck of the Irish: President Joe Biden, a Democrat, hinted at agreeing to negotiate with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on the debt ceiling during remarks at the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon, a shift from Biden’s initial position of wanting to pass a clean debt ceiling increase with no negotiations.

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told Breitbart News in no uncertain terms that the House of Representatives this year will not pass a clean debt ceiling hike without spending cuts and that the House will not raise taxes.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday host Matt Boyle that pro-economic growth policies are the best way to offset the $31.3 trillion national debt.

The conservative House Freedom Caucus introduced on Friday a list of demands to aggressively rein in government spending, saying the group needed its demands met before it would be willing to raise the national debt ceiling and prevent a potential default.

Texas Republican Chip Roy delivered a scathing speech addressing his party’s inaction over the economy and border security, while reprimanding fellow lawmakers for not living up to their campaign promises.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) called out Democrats for refusing to negotiate “reasonable and responsible” spending reforms with Republicans on Thursday amid the debt ceiling stand-off.

A formerly-confidential memo from half a century ago suggests that the Federal Reserve may have a failsafe in the event of a protracted debt ceiling fight.

The U.S. is extremely unlikely to default on its debt, no matter how badly the negotiations over the debt ceiling break down.

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) said on Breitbart News Saturday that the House’s ability to offer amendments on the floor is one of the vital pathways to cutting spending as lawmakers look for a compromise to raise the debt ceiling.

Former Vice President Mike Pence has a different view than other Republicans such as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy or former President Donald Trump when it comes to Social Security and Medicare: Pence is pushing Republicans to back big-scale changes to the programs to address long-term solvency concerns.

Joe Biden introduced legislation that would sunset all federal programs, including social security, every four years in 1975 when he was a United States senator from Delaware.

President Joe Biden suggested Thursday that he was open to negotiating with Republicans over the debt ceiling after they vehemently rejected his claim that they were seeking social security and medicare cuts at the State of the Union while millions watched.

President Joe Biden inaccurately claimed Republicans are either seeking cuts to social security or want to “sunset” it altogether.

Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) spoke to Breitbart News on Tuesday ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address about the power House Republicans have to rein in government spending this year.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated that he is behind House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) push for tying spending cuts to the debt ceiling and pointed out

Rep. Mary Miller said during an appearance on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday that the drawn out speaker race election was a “big victory” because it united House Republicans ahead of the anticipated debt ceiling fight with the White House and Democrat-controlled Senate.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said during a speech on Monday that the national debt is the “greatest threat” to America’s future, and called on President Joe Biden to negotiate with Republicans on the debt ceiling. 

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) outlined in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News how Congress adopt realistic but strong measures to rein in spending as part of a debt ceiling negotiation. 

On Thursday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) stated that if there is a debt default, it’s on President Joe Biden because Republicans will have spent months trying to talk with Biden about a deal to raise the debt ceiling

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s approach to the debt ceiling is “most reasonable” and argued that spending reductions of 5-10% across the board should be

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) stated that Democrats should “Definitely” be open to spending cuts across the board, even if it’s directly tied to the debt ceiling, and “it would be good for

During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) argued that the federal government needs to spend less as American families are having to and no one wants to see a

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said after a meeting with President Joe Biden he is optimistic that Democrats and Republicans can find “common ground” on the debt limit and spending.

Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Wednesday on “CNN This Morning” that President Joe Biden should “absolutely not” negotiate on the debt ceiling.

On Tuesday’s “CNN Newsroom,” White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield responded to a question on President Joe Biden, in his then-role as Vice President negotiating a deal around the debt limit in 2011 and arguing that we need to find