Here's what Republicans and Democrats are demanding regarding the debt ceiling, and the red lines they're drawing.
Democrats want"clean" legislation, a debt ceiling increase without conditions. They reason that negotiations on spending and the budget can be undertaken after the debt ceiling is resolved. That's not a solution Republicans like much.
Republicans want to add work requirements for Medicaid, too, and toughen existing work requirements. The debt ceiling bill House Republicans recently passed along party lines contains their proposed cuts. McCarthy wants to cap future spending and grow federal spending by just 1% each year. The president said of the funding last week that"we don't need it all," although he added that he still needed to"take a hard look at it" to assess what obligations remained. Still,"it's on the table," he said. Reforming and streamlining federal infrastructure permitting rules is another item on the GOP's list of demands. And it's an area of possible compromise that the White House hasn't publicly shot down.
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