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Republicans like Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) are realizing that they have been duped and Speaker McCarthy is selling fake cuts in the debt ceiling deal. Paul tweeted: Fake conservatives agree to fake spending cuts. Deal will increase mandatory spending ~5%, increase military spending ~3%, and maintain current non-military discretionary spending …

Kevin McCarthy promised significant cuts, and he didn’t deliver. He promised massive work requirements and failed, all while giving President Biden the framework that he wanted. The New York Times reported: The deal would raise the borrowing limit, which is currently $31.4 trillion, for two years — enough to get …

In a letter, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote that the new date when the US will run out of money is June 5. NBC News reported: “Based on the most recent available data, we now estimate that Treasury will have insufficient resources to satisfy the government’s obligations if Congress has …

Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans pulled out of debt limit talks because they claim the conversations aren’t productive. Politico reported: “We’ve decided to press pause, because it’s just not productive,” Graves told reporters in the Capitol as he left a meeting that had begun around 10 a.m. on Friday. …

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that Kevin McCarthy is doing his boss at Mar-a-Lago’s bidding and will do anything to stop him from being elected to the Senate. Video: Schiff said when he was asked if he was surprised that McCarthy suggested that he be expelled on Alex Wagner Tonight, …

After Speaker McCarthy complained about his White House meeting with the President, Biden called out McCarthy’s lies. McCarthy complained after his meeting with Biden at the White House,  “I didn’t see any new movement. President said the staff should get back together. But I was very clear with the president. …

Kevin McCarthy, the California Republican who became House speaker in January, made a public promise on Monday to continue supporting Ukraine’s war effort, walking back previous suggestions that the new House majority might curtail U.S. military and financial investments in Kyiv’s effort to beat back Russia’s invasion. Speaking at a …

Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt limit bill is not going over well in the Senate as Sen. Chris Murphy unloaded on the Republican House leader. Murphy tweeted in response to another McCarthy effort to pass the debt limit buck to Biden: Your party ran up the deficit like drunken sailors when …

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) took to the House floor not to unveil the details of his debt ceiling bill but to plead with Biden and Schumer to negotiate with him. Video of McCarthy pleading for negotiations: Kevin McCarthy is on the House floor begging for President Biden to notice him …

President Biden responded to Speaker McCarthy by painting the Republican demand for cuts as pushing the country toward a default that would hurt working people. Video: President Biden said while speaking at a union hall in Maryland:You and the American people should know about the competing economic visions of the …