“I know the president said he didn’t want to have any discussions. But I think it’s very important that our whole government is designed to find compromise,” McCarthy told CBS’ “Face the Nation” program.
“I want to find a reasonable and a responsible way that we can lift the debt ceiling (and) take control of this runaway spending,” McCarthy added.
The U.S. Treasury this month activated extraordinary cash management measures to avoid breaching the $31.4 trillion limit on federal debt imposed by Congress. But without an increase by early June, the Treasury has said it may run short of cash to pay the government’s bills, raising the biggest threat of default since a debt ceiling standoff in 2011.
“There will not be a default,” McCarthy said. “But what is really irresponsible is what the Democrats are doing right now, saying you should just raise the limit.”
A White House spokesperson declined to comment but a White House official…
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