Debt limit dealmakers face a central dilemma that will be hard to finesse: finding spending levels for next year that allow Republicans to claim they cut spending and, at the same, allow Democrats to say they did not. But they have left open the idea of freezing spending at the current level, but no lower. “It’s reasonable for all sides to consider a common ground, middle-of-the-road position, which is to freeze spending at the 2023 level,” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday. And thank goodness you have.”“They are unraveling,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said of Republicans amid debt limit negotiations. “They are unraveling,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee.

Source: Huffington Post May 25, 2023 23:59 UTC