U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Congress leaders’ meeting with President Joe Biden, scheduled for Friday, on the national debt issue, was delayed with the consent of all parties, but “should not be considered a failure”. It has been reported DEA News.
McCarthy stressed that they would meet again and all participants agreed that a delay was necessary, but this should not be interpreted as a sign of failure in negotiations.
According to McCarthy, negotiators consider it most efficient to allow their representatives to resume technical talks on Friday. He added that to date, the parties have not made enough progress to reunite in public debt negotiations. According to McCarthy, the next meeting with the participation of the President of the United States will take place tentatively next week.
Earlier, it was learned that a meeting will be held on Friday, May 12, with the participation of US President Joe Biden and US Congress leaders on raising the national debt ceiling. deferred until next week.