'We have a plan, we're ready to go right now.In the meantime, the Freedom Caucus released its own preconditions for raising the debt ceiling - a list that includes ending the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program, rescinding unspent COVID-19 relief funds, and clawing back funding for the IRS and climate change prevention. After an initial sit-down, Biden said he would not meet again with McCarthy until Republicans release their own budget, which the speaker has indicated could be delayed until May.McCarthy, who has refused to commit to raising the debt ceiling without spending cuts, blasted the proposal as 'completely unserious.'.State of play: Biden released a $6.8 trillion budget this month that functioned as a blueprint for his political priorities - and called on House Republicans to do the same.

Biden that America saw what the House Freedom Caucus is made of in January,' Boebert said.

The Freedom Caucus, which Boebert dubbed 'the only caucus who has released a plan to address this situation,' is stepping into the vacuum - flexing the same muscle it used to extract concessions from McCarthy during the speaker's election.

Why it matters: The absence of negotiations between Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) - not to mention wall-to-wall media coverage of the potential Trump indictment - has obscured the dangerous trajectory of the ongoing debt-ceiling crisis. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) extended an invitation to President Biden: Attend Wednesday night's meeting of the House Freedom Caucus to begin budget talks with Capitol Hill's true power brokers. Flanked by half a dozen right-wing Republicans, Rep.

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