HE United States President Joe Bidencelebrated the ratification of the debt ceiling deal in Congress this Friday. “critical” success with whom “He avoided an economic crisis and collapse”. “Nobody got everything they wanted, but the american people got what they needed”, said the president, finally will sign the law this Saturdaytwo days before the chambers have finished the technical operations and are warned that the country will run out of funds to meet its payment obligations and will not be able to meet its payment obligations. default.
his speech 12 minutes to the Oval Office The usual for messages on wide-ranging topics was the first of his presidency on that stage. And in the intervention the president put special emphasis By emphasizing the support of both parties that the deal he negotiated with the Republican leader of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, was ratified by both Houses. This is confirmation, he said, “More bipartisan than anyone thought possible.”
The President used the speech to influence his negotiating commitment time and time again, and He praised McCarthy profusely, ensuring that both are “direct, fully honest and respectful to each other” and that “both parties act in good faith”. But he didn’t mention that Democrats got more votes than Republicans in both houses to eventually pass the bill. rejection in both cases. More conservative Republicans think this does not include enough spending cuts, and more progressive Democrats think it makes too many concessions.
Bipartisanship and 2024
Her a commitment to be two-sidedand his presentation as a seasoned negotiator and his ability to come to terms with his opponents was already central to the election campaign that brought him to the White House and will now be essential in his pursuit of re-election in 2024. mandated to make it clear in his speech. “When I ran for President, I was told that bipartisan politics was over, Democrats and Republicans could no longer work together, but I refused to believe it because America could never surrender to this way of thinking,” he said. The only way American democracy can work finished consensus and consensus.
In his speech, however, Biden insisted on advocating an agenda that pits him against the Republicans. raise the highest income taxes or increase spending on combat initiatives weather emergency, proposals that have no choice but to applaud his successes in the first half of his term in a divided Washington, or when his party controls both houses, with only Democratic votes.
also a Indirect allusion to Donald TrumpFavorite caller to meet him again in 2024 when he appeared on CNN last month surrender debt ceiling talks Even if it takes the US to defaultBiden condemned “excessive voices” threatened to plunge the country into an unprecedented situation in its 247-year history. “Nothing would be more irresponsible, more disaster,” he assured. ‘The economy would go into recession’