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McCarthy and the Debt Ceiling
McCarthy could agree to a short-term extension and then make most of his caucus swallow it. A lot of Republicans will vote against it, but if he does there's a good chance he doesn't lose his speakership. Biden can say he didn't negotiate over the debt ceiling because he's doing it in the budget. McCarthy can say they still have the leverage over Democrats to extract concessions around the budget process.