WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden
called House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other top congressional
leaders to invite them to a May 9 White House meeting to discuss
the nation's debt ceiling, according to two people familiar with
the matter.
Biden made the calls on Monday afternoon to McCarthy as
well as the minority leaders in the Senate and the House,
Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, House Democratic
leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,
according to a senior Republican Senate aide and another person
briefed on the calls.
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and David Morgan
Editing by Chris Reese)
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