The White House is working to redefine its debt strategy after the surprise passage of House Republicans’ plan to slash spending in return for raising the debt ceiling.
, for talks over how to avoid a crippling debt default, a White House official said.
The aides also aim to flip the script on Republicans by warning about the security of the nation’s southern border.With the vote on the debt bill,"House Republicans looked their constituents in the eye and said that they are willing to singlehandedly trigger a recession unless they can fire thousands of Border Patrol agents,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said in a statement.
Democrats are seeking to regain the political upper hand just as House Republicans sense new momentum in the long-simmering debt fight, which they hope will force the White House to the negotiating table. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., publicly backed the White House position Friday, pointing to recent history in which a divided Congress raised the debt ceiling with far less drama during Republican administrations.
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