- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said it is imperative to move the debt ceiling bill as quickly as possible once it passes in the House, calling the deal a “responsible, prudent, and very necessary way forward.”
- Schumer voiced his support for the deal unveiled over the weekend by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to raise the federal debt limit through January 2025 and cap spending over the next two years.
- “I support the bipartisan agreement that President Biden has produced with Speaker McCarthy. Avoiding a default is an absolute imperative,” he said during a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday. “Nobody is getting everything they want. There’s give on both sides. But this agreement is the responsible, prudent, and very necessary way forward.”
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UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 6: From left, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., attend the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday, December 6, 2022. The medals were awarded in recognition of those who protected the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
