US McCarthy after meeting with Biden - say no debt limit agreement yet

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US President Biden and US House Speaker McCarthy met on debt ceiling negotiations.

McCarthy holding a news conference

• says no agreement reached
• he feels discussions were productive
• tone of discussion was improved from previous times
• was productive in areas where we had differences of opinion
• not willing to talk about raising revenue, problem is spending not revenue
• staff level talks will continue

Kevin McCarthy House majority leader

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