Negotiators agreed to some Republican demands that had sparked an uproar from House Democrats but stopped short of greater spending cuts overall.
that House Democrats had called a nonstarter. But bargainers stopped short of greater spending cuts overall that Republicans wanted. Lawmakers are not expected to return to work from the Memorial Day weekend before Tuesday, at the earliest, and McCarthy has promised lawmakers he will abide by the rule to post any bill for 72 hours before voting.The Democratic president and Republican speaker reached the agreement after the two spoke Saturday evening by phone.
“I’ll debate this bill with anybody,” he said. “Because at the end of the day, is it everything I wanted? No. But we don’t control all of it.” Driving hard for a deal to impose tougher work requirements on government aid recipients, Republicans achieved some but not all of what they wanted. The agreement would raise the age for existing work requirements on able-bodied adults, from 49 to 54, without children. Biden was able to secure waivers for veterans and the homeless.
McCarthy commands only a slim Republican majority in the House, where hard-right conservatives may resist any deal as insufficient as they try to slash spending. By compromising with Democrats for votes, he risks losing support from his own rank and file, setting up a career-challenging moment for the new speaker.
Both sides have suggested one of the main holdups was a GOP effort to expand work requirements for recipients of food stamps and other federal aid programs, a longtime Republican goal that Democrats have strenuously opposed. The White House said the Republican proposals were “cruel and senseless.”
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