Republican and Democratic Senate leaders on Tuesday praised the bipartisan debt ceiling deal struck by President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, despite hardliners in both parties criticizing the agreement for having too many compromises.
Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell both endorsed the bipartisan deal minutes after the chamber reconvened from a more than week-long Memorial Day recess. They emphasized that neither side was left completely satisfied.
“The American people got a whole lot more progress towards fiscal sanity than Washington Democrats wanted to give them,” he said. “Speaker McCarthy and House Republicans deserve our thanks.” But Mr. McCarthy’s right flank is rebelling, saying that it fails to aggressively slash federal spending and marks a retreat from House GOP’s demands for steep cuts. North Carolina Rep. Dan Bishop, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, became the first House Republican on Tuesday to come out publicly in support of forcing Mr. McCarthy from his speakership over the agreement.
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