Something’s gotta give in tense debt ceiling standoff
Fox News
After House Republicans narrowly approved a plan to lift the debt ceiling the ball is definitely in President Biden's court ahead of negotiations happening on May 9th.
It is, suffice to say, that after the House of Representatives narrowly approved a Republican plan to shave spending and lift the debt ceiling, the aforementioned "ball" is definitely rolling around in President Biden’s amorphous "court." Chad Pergram currently serves as a senior congressional correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C.
The clichés about Mr. Biden’s disposition on the debt limit flow like a river. President Biden is now "on the clock." To hear House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., tell it, the president has avoided him like the plague for three months on the debt ceiling. Hope springs eternal for President Biden and McCarthy's May 9th huddle at the bargaining table.
Just once, I want to see this mythical "bargaining table." But alas, I suspect the bargaining table is as mysterious as the "ball" we discussed which is now somewhere in that mysterious, executive branch "court."
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