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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell backed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday in the burgeoning standoff with President Biden over the federal debt limit.
Mr. McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said the White House should begin negotiations with Mr. McCarthy and that there was no path toward raising the debt limit without the House GOP.
“I think the speaker has done a wonderful job of unifying our side,” said Mr. McConnell. “I want to disabuse any of you of the notion that there’s any measure clearing the Senate with 60 votes that could be approved by this House.