A meet is irrelevant without a victory which I expect will be non-existent.
It’s the first step. Now they Peter Ducey can ask “I thought you said you would not negotiate or discuss the debt limit? Now Biden has. What else have you lied about?”
Passing the bill in the house was a huge win for McCarthy as it shifted the blame to democrats and Biden.
McCarthy got what he wanted a Whitehouse visit. Now he will appropriately bend over for Joey and Schmuster.
The house has the Semate and Pres over a barrel. This is a must pass bill or the debt ceiling is not raised. If the house holds firm the rest have to cave or the debt ceiling does not get raised and the US defaults on its obligations.