Debt ceiling talks stall, with GOP negotiator calling White House "unreasonable"
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Washington — Negotiations between representatives for the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over raising the debt ceiling have seemingly reached an impasse, with the lead GOP negotiator accusing the White House of being "unreasonable."
Leaving a meeting with White House negotiators at the Capitol on Friday, GOP Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana said there are "no updates" and "we're not there." Graves, who is representing McCarthy alongside Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, said the decision was made to take a pause "because it's just not productive" and "they're just unreasonable."
"The House passed a strong bill that had great savings in it, and it's responsible, and it puts us on a path to bend the curve. And until people are willing to have reasonable conversations about how you can actually move forward and do the right thing, then we're not going to sit here and talk to ourselves. So that's what's going on," he said. Graves said he didn't know when the group might reconvene.
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