the texas border. then, democrats ask republicans finally come to the table to talk debt ceiling and e try to prevent economic catastrophe. but as the high profile meeting with the president gets postponed, are they making any progress behind closed doors? we explicitly asked speaker mccarthy, would he take default off the table. he refused. but i think what we really need is a partner that s willing to work together. shannon: this morning we have two members of the house oversight committee, republican byron donalds of florida and democrat ro khanna of california, to discuss the border, the debt ceiling standoff and the latest on the house republicans investigation into foreign payments made to members of the biden family. then, florida governor ron desantis draws crowds in multiple cities in iowa. it may be that florida s the iowa of the southeast. shannon: we ll can our sunday panel whether he can loosen the former president s grip on the polls in this critical
the texas border. then, democrats ask republicans finally come to the table to talk debt ceiling and e try to prevent economic catastrophe. but as the high profile meeting with the president gets postponed, are they making any progress behind closed doors? we explicitly asked speaker mccarthy, would he take default off the table. he refused. but i think what we really need is a partner that s willing to work together. shannon: this morning we have two members of the house oversight committee, republican byron donalds of florida and democrat ro khanna of california, to discuss the border, the debt ceiling standoff and the latest on the house republicans investigation into foreign payments made to members of the biden family. then, florida governor ron desantis draws crowds in multiple cities in iowa. it may be that florida s the iowa of the southeast. shannon: we ll can our sunday panel whether he can loosen the former president s grip on the polls in this critical
The Treasury Department has reportedly been asking government agencies about the possibility of making payments later as the White House struggles to negotiate a debt ceiling bill.
are no consequences. inflation is the consequence for every american under joe biden s reckless policy. so the house position is very clear, let s go to pre-covid spending levels. everybody understands why we had to ratchet up spending to respond to the pandemic. we all get that. but the pandemic is now over. it s time to bring spending levels back to pre-covid and then we can talk about raising debt ceiling. and frankly, not even talk about it, republicans have passed that plan. if joe biden brings nothing to the table, if all he does is sit there with his hands in his pockets and not understanding what he has done in a way to actually negotiate, then he is the way leading our nation into default, and it s a very sad thing to see. last thing on this, there s a proposal that has been floating around congress about payment prioritization. what treasury can do is pay interest and principal on our debt first. that would actually stave off all this concern of this default, and then we coul
there are borrow and think there are no consequences. inflation is the consequence for every american under joe biden s reckless policy. so the house position is very clear, let s go to pre-covid spending levels. everybody understands why we had to ratchet up spending to respond to the pandemic. we all get that. but the pandemic is now over. it s time to bring spending levels back to pre-covid and then we can talk about raising debt ceiling. and frankly, not even talk about it, republicans have passed that plan. if joe biden brings nothing to the table, if all he does is sit there with his hands in his pockets and not understanding what he has done in a way to actually negotiate, then he is the way leading our nation into default, and it s a very sad thing to see. last thing on this, there s a proposal that has been floating around congress about payment prioritization. what treasury can do is pay interest and principal on our debt first. that would actually stave off all this concern