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speaker kevin mccarthy left the meeting sounding optimistic about how things were developing. biden told reporters that he was confident about reaching a deal, and that all parties were in agreement that default was not an option. mccarthy had even said that it, was, quote possible to get a deal for the end of the, week but signs of renewed discord svelte back out on friday. republican aides pause the discussion, and saying that it was, quote, not productive. democrats and republicans remain far apart on a number of issues, including spending cuts, and work requirements for federal benefits, which mccarthy has said is a red line for him. talks between congressional republicans in the white house have yet to, presuming yesterday, mccarthy s made his dissatisfaction public. tweeting, quote, president biden does think that there was a single dollar of savings to be found in the federal government s budget. he d rather be the first president in history to default in the dea ....
As suckers and i love you folks because most of you are nodding your head this way. the visit comes amid that growing stalemate back in washington with part of the federal government still shut down. president spent much of the long christmas weekend alone in washington raging against criticism of both that withdrawal from syria and his ouster of secretary of defense jim mattis. today, he defended those divisions. one year ago, i gave our generals six more months in syria. i said go ahead, get them. and it turns out it was really a year and a half ago. i said go get em. we need six months. go get em. and they said give us another six months. i said go get em. then they said can we have one more like period of six months? i said nope, nope. i said i gave you a lot of six months. ....