Key takeaways:
- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise expressed his frustration with President Joe Biden’s inaccurate claims about the GOP’s stance on Social Security and Medicare.
- The House GOP is currently in the process of developing a strategy to ensure they have enough votes to raise the national debt ceiling and tie it to an array of cuts to federal spending.
- Scalise expressed his disappointment when Biden repeated his claims during a visit to Florida, escalating the fight that is poised to play out on Capitol Hill and in the 2024 presidential election.
Last week, leaders of the House GOP’s “five families” met in the speaker’s office for the first time to discuss the range of issues facing the party. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., expressed his frustration with President Joe Biden’s inaccurate claims that the GOP wants to slash Social Security and Medicare during his State of the Union address.
In response, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is beginning to chart out a new strategy to ensure the House GOP can muster 218 votes to raise the national debt ceiling and tie that to an array of cuts to federal spending. The White House and Senate Democrats have calculated that McCarthy won’t have enough votes to raise the national borrowing limit, and will end up caving to their demands to avoid a first-ever debt default.
In response to Biden’s claims, Scalise told NBC News that it has been inaccurate for a long time. He also expressed his disappointment when Biden paid a visit to Florida and repeated his claims, escalating the fight that is poised to play out on Capitol Hill and in the 2024 presidential election.
The House GOP is currently in the process of developing a strategy to ensure they have enough votes to raise the national debt ceiling and tie it to an array of cuts to federal spending. It remains to be seen whether they will be able to muster the 218 votes needed to pass the measure, or if they will be forced to cave to the White House and Senate Democrats’ demands.
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