MITCH McCONNELL, SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER
"President Biden needs to negotiate on spending with Speaker McCarthy. The Speaker's been at the table since February. House Republicans are the only people in town who have passed any bill that prevents default. But President Biden has been M.I.A." "President Biden's actions will either prevent default or guarantee default. It's that simple. It's up to the President." "Either President Biden causes an economic disaster of his own creation, or he picks up the 2019 playbook and negotiates with Speaker McCarthy."
PROSPERUS, A COALITION OF PROGRESSIVE GROUPS
"We cannot allow extremists in the House to make devastating ransom demands in exchange for not cratering our economy – period." "The Republican House majority's shameful default bill is completely unworkable. Their plan is full of wildly unpopular and damaging cuts to health care, food assistance, clean energy jobs, and more. This bill would be devastating for workers and the economy while doing nothing to make corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share."
NEIL BRADLEY, CHIEF POLICY OFFICER, U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
"While there are plenty of areas where the two parties
disagree, two areas that are ripe for inclusion are permitting
reform and an agreement on discretionary spending caps, both of
which can improve the federal government's fiscal outlook."
"Leaders in both parties have made clear that our broken
permitting process must be fixed and based on the proposals
introduced in Congress, it is clear that a bipartisan agreement
is possible.
Over the long run, permitting reform has the potential to
reduce the costs of projects, allowing more to be completed, and
facilitate investment in infrastructure by providing greater
predictability, transparency, and efficiency."
(Reporting by Nandita Bose in Washington; Editing by Lisa
Shumaker)
