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The House needs a budget

By Washington Examiner
Published April 3, 2023 11:01am ET
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The House needs a budget
The Capitol in Washington is quiet after lawmakers departed the for the Independence Day recess, Friday, June 30, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Joe Biden exchanged letters via Twitter last week concerning the parties’ impasse over how to handle the $31.4 trillion borrowing limit, which the national debt is about to exceed. It does not appear the exchange led to any progress.

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