{"id":45256,"date":"2023-01-22T15:26:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T15:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/manchin-white-house-not-negotiating-on-debt-ceiling-is-a-mistake\/"},"modified":"2023-01-22T15:26:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T15:26:29","slug":"manchin-white-house-not-negotiating-on-debt-ceiling-is-a-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/manchin-white-house-not-negotiating-on-debt-ceiling-is-a-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin: White House not negotiating on debt ceiling is a mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) blasted the White House\u2019s position to not negotiate with Republicans over the debt ceiling, saying on Sunday it is \u201ca mistake\u201d to not have talks over the borrowing limit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is a mistake,\u201d Manchin said to CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d host Dana Bash when asked if the White House\u2019s decision to not negotiate with the GOP was correct. \u201cWe have to negotiate. This is a democracy. We have a two-party system.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Manchin has been one of the few Democratic voices calling for his party to negotiate with Republicans, as lawmakers face a looming deadline to find a solution for the debt ceiling. The U.S. reached its technical borrowing limit of around $31.4 trillion last week, but the Treasury Department said it will take measures to ensure the government can pay its bills until around June.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have said they want guarantees of spending cuts from the White House and Democrats if they are to agree to any extension of the debt ceiling.  White House officials have said they will not negotiate on that point and Democrats have urged for a swift raising of the debt limit.<\/p>\n<p>But Manchin has consistently called for cooperation between Republicans and Democrats on this issue, arguing against what he calls wasteful government spending.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"thehill-promo-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/sunday-talk-shows\/3824313-top-house-republican-calls-biden-a-serial-classified-document-hoarder\/\" class=\"thehill-promo-link__link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tTop House Republican calls Biden a \u2018serial classified document hoarder\u2019\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/3824297-watch-live-harris-marks-50th-anniversary-of-roe-v-wade-decision\/\" class=\"thehill-promo-link__link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tWatch live: Harris marks 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe should be able to talk and find out where our differences are,\u201d Manchin said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that cuts to Social Security and Medicare should be taken off the table, but said the government should look at other options to slash spending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at ways that we have wasteful spending (and) that we can be held accountable and responsible,\u201d Manchin said. \u201cEvery American has to live within a budget\u2026 shouldn\u2019t the federal government have some guardrails?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMieGh0dHBzOi8vdGhlaGlsbC5jb20vaG9tZW5ld3Mvc3VuZGF5LXRhbGstc2hvd3MvMzgyNDM1Ni1tYW5jaGluLXdoaXRlLWhvdXNlLW5vdC1uZWdvdGlhdGluZy1vbi1kZWJ0LWNlaWxpbmctaXMtYS1taXN0YWtlL9IBfGh0dHBzOi8vdGhlaGlsbC5jb20vaG9tZW5ld3Mvc3VuZGF5LXRhbGstc2hvd3MvMzgyNDM1Ni1tYW5jaGluLXdoaXRlLWhvdXNlLW5vdC1uZWdvdGlhdGluZy1vbi1kZWJ0LWNlaWxpbmctaXMtYS1taXN0YWtlL2FtcC8?oc=5\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) blasted the White House\u2019s position to not negotiate with Republicans over the debt ceiling, saying on Sunday it is \u201ca mistake\u201d to not have talks over the borrowing limit. \u201cI think it is a mistake,\u201d Manchin said to CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d host Dana Bash when asked if the White &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[161],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45256"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandon.ddtest.info\/multisite-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}