Joe Biden and the Debt Ceiling

Congress could avert this crisis by simply voting to raise the debt ceiling like they did when Donald Trump was president. But Republicans now refuse to do so unless Joe Biden agrees to gut a bunch of programs people depend on. Staff for the president and Speaker McCarthy are now engaged in direct negotiations. All right, Dan, on a scale of one to buy gold,. How are you feeling right now? 5.263. There's also another headline this morning that Kevin McCarthy is now optimistic that they may reach the deal next week. I'm up to 9.25. Because can always take what Kevin McCarthy says as certainty. We had a White House colleague who was quite smart, but he would always make