What Republicans want in exchange for raising the debt limit

"Yet he also insists that defense spending — which makes up more than 30% of the total — be insulated from any cuts."

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"Enact the REINS Act, which would require regulatory agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency to get congressional approval before they could issue major rules."

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"Energy and mining permitting reform: The proposal is arguably the easiest issue for negotiators to reach consensus on, given that both the White House and House Republicans support the broader goal of making it easier to launch new energy projects such as wind farms and gas pipelines in the United States."

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"New work requirements for Medicaid: The Republican debt limit bill passed by the House in April would require able-bodied adults with no children to work or train for work in order to stay on Medicaid, the federal health insurance for low-income people."

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"Nonetheless, these back-shelf demands were on full display Wednesday in a memo released by conservative Rep. Chip Roy, of Texas, a McCarthy antagonist who led the failed effort earlier this year to deny McCarthy the House speakership."

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"Nonetheless, these back-shelf demands were on full display Wednesday in a memo released by conservative Rep. Chip Roy, of Texas, a McCarthy antagonist who led the failed effort earlier this year to deny McCarthy the House speakership."

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"Roy's memo called on McCarthy and Republicans to "hold the line" and insist that all of their demands be met or they give nothing at all."

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"Roy's memo called on McCarthy and Republicans to "hold the line" and insist that all of their demands be met or they give nothing at all."

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"Rep. Patrick McHenry, of North Carolina, a chief GOP negotiator, was asked Tuesday night what concessions Democrats were getting as part of a potential compromise with the White House to win both Republican and Democratic votes."

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"Instead, McCarthy's deputies say they view a vote to raise the debt ceiling u2014 and to avoid a potentially catastrophic U.S. debt default u2014 as a concession to Democrats, and potentially the only one they plan to make."

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"President Joe Biden has indicated that the White House will agree to this demand."

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""I'm not going to accept any work requirements that's going to impact on medical health needs of people," Biden said earlier this month."

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"In this case, McCarthy wants 2024 baseline spending to be rolled back to its 2022 level."

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"don't think I'm asking the impossible," McCarthy said Wednesday."

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"The Supreme Court will decide the fate of Biden's plan in the coming weeks."

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"[of the demands] are critical and none should be abandoned solely for the quest of a 'deal,'" wrote Roy."

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"Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks with reporters about the debt ceiling negotiations in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.WASHINGTON u2014 Debt ceiling negotiations between the White House and congressional Republicans took on a new, harder tone this week after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy signaled that he was not willing to compromise with Democrats over a list of GOP demands."

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"Repeal the electric vehicle tax credits at the center of Biden's renewable energy agenda, which were passed last year in the Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA.Repeal $80 billion in additional Internal Revenue Service funding, also part of the IRA.Overturn Biden's executive action to forgive approximately $315 billion worth of student loan debt."

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""That's what they're getting," added Rep. Garret Graves, of Louisiana, another GOP negotiator."

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"According to the conservative-leaning CATO Institute, exempting the military from a spending rollback would require cutting the rest of government u2014 everything from homeland security to public health to air traffic control u2014 by around 20%.Biden has countered this demand for steep cuts to domestic programs with a proposal to freeze this year's spending levels next year, but McCarthy has so far rejected that."I"

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""In addition to the public demands above, House Republicans also have a second set of asks, a conservative wish list of sorts that McCarthy and his team have so far not brought to the table in a serious way."

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"McCarthy, of California, often equates the U.S. national debt of $31.4 trillion to individual consumer debt."

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"The same day Biden rejected the Medicaid work requirements, he also noted that he supported work requirements in the 1990s and said "it's possible there could be a few others" he would support "but not anything of any consequence."

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"It also suggested that, at least for Roy, avoiding a debt default was not the No. 1 priority."Each"

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"Roy's list of demands contains four additional items."

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