GOP, Democrats ready blame game for debt ceiling failure | The Hill

Skip to content House GOP, Democrats ready blame game for debt ceiling failure FILE – House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks to reporters outside his office at the Capitol Building in Washington, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, after meeting about the debt limit with President Joe Biden at the White House. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) As debt limit talks drag on behind closed doors, lawmakers on both sides are preparing for Washington’s favorite pastime: the partisan blame game if everything falls apart. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has accused President Biden and the Democrats of not taking the negotiations seriously, flaunting that Republicans have already passed a bill that paired a debt limit increase with spending cuts and calling for a deal by the end of the week. “The House is the only body that has passed a bill to raise the debt limit,” McCarthy said Tuesday after meeting with Biden at the White House. Democrats have rejected that argument, accusing Republicans of holding the economy “hostage” in their refusal to pass a stand-alone debt ceiling hike to avoid a default and put the talks over deficit reduction on a separate track.    “In the last 24, 48 hours or so
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