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U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-California, speaks about the national debt limit crisis at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, April 17, 2023. (Screenshot from speaker's office webcast)

U.S. House speaker vows vote soon on spending cuts coupled with debt limit increase

BY: - April 17, 2023

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy traveled to the New York Stock Exchange on Monday to press for the Republican approach to raising the nation’s debt limit in front of a new audience, calling on Democrats to agree to future spending cuts without any tax increases.  McCarthy repeatedly criticized President Joe Biden and blamed him for […]