“Speaker Kevin McCarthy got what he wanted out of Tuesday’s debt limit talks at the White House — the chance to go one-on-one against President Biden,” the New York Times reports.
“The speaker, who believes he has been treated dismissively by the White House and congressional Democrats, won an agreement that his representatives would now negotiate directly with Mr. Biden’s top lieutenants. The change minimized the role of the rest of the congressional leadership and put him and the president more directly in control of high-stakes discussions over averting a disastrous default.”
“Now Mr. McCarthy is playing at the highest level, like speakers of both parties before him.”
