The Debt Limit Debate

Biden aides have been in talk with staffers representing leaders in Congress about a deal to fund the federal government next year, though it also raised the nation's debt ceiling. The fresh talks follow months in which Biden and his top aides insisted that the White House would not entertain making any trade off to raise the debt limit. A key part of this is whether the White House will be able to credibly say the elements that get negotiated are ones that would have been on the table this year anyway.