GOP House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy gives his take on how debt ceiling negotiations are going on 'Kudlow.'
The Republican leader arrived at the U.S. Capitol late Friday morning, briefly stopping to tell reporters he felt "progress" was made in the prior night’s talks.It comes after a letter signed by 35 members of the hardline-rightcalled on him to "hold the line" against the White House and not compromise on any points laid out in the House GOP’s debt limit bill. Passed in April, the Limit, Save, Grow Act would raise the debt limit by $1.
"You're talking to people who don't know what's in the deal. So I'm not concerned about anybody making any comments right now about what they think is in or not in," McCarthy said when asked about dissent within his conference. "Whenever we come to an agreement, we'll make sure we will first brief our entire conference. So when you go and ask them questions, at least let them know what's in it before they're trying to get it.
"Look, what's going through right now is, members don't know what's all in. You all report things that aren't really true in the process, so people get concerned," McCarthy said. "If you wonder about holding the line, where we've been all the time, we don't want to be in this deadline. We wanted to solve this months before."