The sometimes-fractious GOP caucus will try to agree on a plan to lift the federal debt ceiling and cut spending.
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy walks to his offices at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 27, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File PhotoWASHINGTON, April 16 - U.S. House Republicans will try to agree on a plan to lift the federal $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and cut government spending when Congress returns this week, after being stymied for months by Democratic President Joe Biden's demands they do so without conditions.
Members of McCarthy's sometimes-fractious caucus, who hold a narrow 222-213 majority, have yet to agree on actual legislation. Any proposal Republicans introduce would need to be negotiated with Biden's Democrats, who control the Senate, before it could become law. But McCarthy's speech, which Republicans say is intended to draw Wall Street's support for negotiations on spending, could spark movement after months of inaction. Biden has insisted that Congress pass a "clean" debt hike without conditions, noting that it did so three times under his predecessor, Republican Donald Trump.
But first, Republicans must agree on a proposal that can win the support of at least 218 of their 222 members. House Republicans maintain that their proposals would win enough public support to force Biden and the Democrats into negotiations, just as the party's bill to overturn changes in the Washington, D.C., criminal code passedBiden and McCarthy met at the White House in February to discuss the standoff, but they have not held further talks as the administration has called on House Republicans to release a budget proposal.its own budget proposal that it said would cut U.S.
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