Manchin Urges Biden to Negotiate With Republicans on Debt Limit

With Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) (C) looking on, President Joe Biden (R) hands Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) (L) the pen he used to sign into law the so-called Inflation Reduction Act at the White House on Aug. 16. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) sharply criticized President Joe Biden’s unwillingness to negotiate terms for raising the nation’s debt ceiling and urged him to meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to arrive at a compromise.

“For the sake of the country, I urge President Biden to come to the table, propose a plan for real and substantive spending cuts and deficit reduction, and negotiate now,” Manchin wrote on Twitter on April 20.