Navigating the Debt Ceiling Debate: Perspectives from Senate Dems, GOP Lawmakers, and American Opinion.

Senate Democrats are urging President Biden to accept House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's invitation to discuss the fiscal outlook for the federal government, but they want to keep separate the issues of raising the government's borrowing limit and the GOP's demand for spending cuts. They made it clear that the debt ceiling should be everyone's top priority and that any further talks should keep the two issues separate. Moderate Democrat Senator Joe Manchin supports linking cuts with more government authority to borrow, a position that puts him against others in his party who want to keep those issues separate.