House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he's sending Republican negotiators to the White House to finish out debt limit talks. (May 24)House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he's sending Republican negotiators to the White House to finish out debt limit talks. Cheered on by a hard-charging conservative House majority that hoisted him to power, McCarthy was not swayed by a White House counter-offer to freeze spending instead. McCarthy and his Republican negotiators said what the Democrats get is a debt ceiling increase — typically something both parties take responsibility for doing. “The problem is not the White House.
