[Qbert]

"House Minority Whip Chris Van Hollen (D., Md.), appearing on the same program, said the Biden talks only identified roughly $1 trillion in reductions. He said Democrats would only agree to those spending cuts if they were accompanied by the elimination of certain tax breaks."

Preview of the upcoming week...

[freekitty]

These guys need to get a brain. The deficit is 14 tril. A lot of people both sides aren[’t going to be reelected because they can[’t do their jobs.

[Xyz22]

Stand your ground Boehner! No tax increases and insist on at least $2T in cuts. The deadline is Aug 2nd and I say Let ‘er rip!

[wiggen]

A trillion a year can work. I don’t expect full measures at this time. In 2013 maybe when we control everything but not today.

[sanjuanbob]

Assuming the debt limit is increased, when will we go through all of this (the $) and revisit another ceiling increase?

[Mariner]

The Democrats never surrender and when the GOP compromises, they ask for more and negate the original deal.

We simply CAN NOT deal with these people. They are not sincere and are blatantly dishonest.

We must roll them, defeat them or eliminate them. It's the only 3 options.

The GOP leadership is either part of the cabal or fatally naive.

[Jim Noble]

I could go with a trillion in cuts - by the end of the week.

[ImpBill]

The pubies will fold and in the end only kick the ball a little further down the road. They will raise the Debt Ceiling by much more than they will get in cuts.

[newzjunkey]

The thing that burns me is if those tax hikes on $200K+ were so critical why didn't Obama do it when he had a filibuster proof senate and a house majority of his own party?

McCarthy is right: the votes weren't there. If they were not there with huge Democrat majorities, they sure aren't going to be there now.

I'm glad he put it to Candy Crowley. She still needs to get with "let's move!" and "my plate." Clearly "shared sacrifice" hasn't left her without a meal.