{"id":575264,"date":"2023-05-20T05:14:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T02:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/white-house-optimistic-about-path-forward-despite-serious-differences-on-budget-talks\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T05:14:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T02:14:54","slug":"white-house-optimistic-about-path-forward-despite-serious-differences-on-budget-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/white-house-optimistic-about-path-forward-despite-serious-differences-on-budget-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"#White House optimistic about path forward despite \u2018serious differences\u2019 on budget talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/BIDENMCCARTHY.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The White House on Friday night tempered its optimism about ongoing talks with Republicans on a budget agreement and debt ceiling increase, acknowledging the two sides have \u201cserious differences\u201d heading into the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have serious differences and this is going to continue to be a difficult conversation. That\u2019s not lost on us,\u201d press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters in Japan, where President Biden is attending the Group of Seven (G-7) Summit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe are optimistic, the president is optimistic that we\u2019re going to get to a reasonable budget negotiation, a budget agreement here, a bipartisan budget agreement,\u201d Jean-Pierre added. \u201cThis is something that has to pass the House and the Senate. It\u2019s going to need both Democrats and Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House and Republican negotiators have shifted their tone since Thursday, when Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) suggested a deal could be within reach and the White House touted \u201csteady progress\u201d in meetings between negotiators.<\/p>\n<p>Talks were paused on Friday afternoon as Republicans complained that the White House was being \u201cunreasonable.\u201d The White House, meanwhile, said there were \u201creal differences,\u201d but has been adamant that any final agreement must be bipartisan and reflective of a compromise.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation resumed Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre, speaking to reporters on Saturday morning local time in Hiroshima, said \u201cthere is definitely a path forward,\u201d but that negotiators needed time and space to work through their differences.<\/p>\n<p>Biden would be updated on talks as they progressed, Jean-Pierre said. The president is set to return to Washington, D.C., on Sunday after he scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed plans to visit Australia and Papua New Guinea next week.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Time is of the essence for negotiators, as the Treasury Department has warned the U.S. could default as early as June 1 if Congress does not act to raise the debt ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre was adamant that the White House was still technically not negotiating with Republicans about the debt ceiling, instead framing it as a \u201cseparate conversation about the budget.\u201d But Republicans, who control the House, have made clear they will not pass any debt limit increase without an agreement on spending cuts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt cannot be held hostage by Republicans, we have been very clear, by these MAGA Republicans, by the Speaker,\u201d Jean-Pierre said. \u201cWe have continued to lay out what the consequences could be, not just to members of the Hill but to the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>One administration official noted that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) earlier this week acknowledged any final agreement would have to be bipartisan to pass both the GOP-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans seek to cap overall discretionary spending at fiscal year 2022 levels while allowing for 1 percent growth per year for 10 years. Congress passed an omnibus funding bill for fiscal year 2023 in December.<\/p>\n<p>But the White House has been messaging hard against that. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A memo released this week said that if the topline discretionary number is set at that level, and if Republicans hold firm on commitments to not cut defense spending or the budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, other programs would be slashed by 30 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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