Republicans Apparently Expect Joe Biden to Read Their Minds in the Debt Ceiling Standoff

Republicans are girding themselves to take a hard line in debt ceiling negotiations with Joe Biden and the Democrats, threatening to send America into an economic crisis if the president and his party don’t agree to spending cuts. The trouble? Republicans can’t say what, exactly, they want to slash. “I want to look the president in the eye [and hear him] tell me there’s not one dollar of wasteful spending in government,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters Tuesday. “Is there not some money that President Biden can identify that’s wasteful in Washington?” added his deputy, Steve Scalise. “There’s gotta… Read Full Article