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Biden, McCarthy, once breakfast mates, wrangle over US debt

FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives for a closed-door meeting with the Republican Conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. McCarthy is set to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the debt ceiling. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, talks with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, after an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2021. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) FILE - President Joe Biden, right, at the top of a meeting with congressional leaders to discuss legislative priorities for the rest of the year, Nov. 29, 2022, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of N.Y., and Biden. The president and the House speaker are preparing for their first official visit at the White House on Wednesday, ahead of a looming debt crisis. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) President Joe Biden speaks at the construction site of the Hudson Tunnel Project, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in New York. Biden is traveling to New York City to showcase a $292 million mega grant that will be used to help build a rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Biden, McCarthy, once breakfast mates, wrangle over US debt