WASHINGTON, May 21 US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's team put forward a series of proposals that «set back» talks with the administration over the country's national debt, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Saturday. «contained a set of extreme one-party demands that could never be passed by both houses of Congress. The President has again and again put on the table proposals to reduce the budget deficit: from limiting spending to reducing the profits of large pharmaceutical companies and closing tax loopholes for oil and gas enterprises,» the statement reads. Jean-Pierre's statement.
She stressed that US administration officials are ready to meet with members of Congress on the issue of national debt at any time.
«Let's be serious about what can be taken by both parties, get on the table President and reduce the budget deficit. Only the Republican leadership, beholden to its MAGA wing, and not the President or the Democratic leadership, is threatening to bring our country into default for the first time in our history unless radical one-party demands are met,» the White House spokeswoman added.