“President Joe Biden and congressional leaders will likely resume talks on Tuesday at the White House over the debt limit, the president said Sunday, as the nation continues to edge closer to its legal borrowing authority with no agreement in sight,” the AP reports.
Punchbowl News: “The president is scheduled to leave Wednesday for the G7 meeting in Japan. Biden will want to see significant progress in the talks before his departure in order to insulate himself from any criticism over flying to Asia with a debt-limit breach looming.”
Said Biden: “I remain optimistic because I’m a congenital optimist. But I really think there’s a desire on their part as well as ours to reach agreement. I think we’ll be able to do it.”
Playbook: “The White House messaging on the debt limit has been to condemn the GOP’s brinkmanship and the details of the House-passed bill. But Biden on Sunday struck a very different tone.”
