Schumer: ‘If Speaker McCarthy doesn’t change course, we are headed for default’

By Samantha-Jo Roth

Published April 17, 2023 7:28pm ET

Schumer: ‘If Speaker McCarthy doesn’t change course, we are headed for default’ — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) warned the United States is “headed for default” in response to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s (R-CA) debt limit speech at the New York Stock Exchange, calling the speech “theater” during a press conference on Monday. “What we got today is not a plan. It’s a recycled pile of the […]

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) warned the United States is “headed for default” in response to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s (R-CA) debt limit speech at the New York Stock Exchange, calling the speech “theater” during a press conference on Monday.