McConnell Insists He’s Sitting Out Debt Limit Talks

“Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell insists he will not come up with a rescue plan this time as Republicans and a Democratic president battle over the debt limit,” The Hill reports.

Said McConnell: “The president knows how to do this…. Until he and the Speaker of the House reach an agreement, we’ll be at a standoff. We have divided government. The president and the Speaker need to come together and solve the problem.”

“McConnell has a long history of negotiating with President Biden on high profile issues, such as extending the Bush tax cuts at the end of 2010, avoiding a national default in 2011 and avoiding the fiscal cliff at the end of 2012.”