[1/2] A general view of the White House in Washington, U.S. June 12, 2023.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File PhotoWASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden would veto Republican-backed defense, health and agriculture spending bills if he were presented with them, the White House said on Monday, alleging House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy was backing away from spending levels agreed to in a debt-limit deal.
McCarthy and House Republicans were pushing cuts the Biden administration could not accept, the White House said in a statement on Monday.
This year's bipartisan debt ceiling deal keeps fiscal 2024 spending flat at this year's levels, allowing a 1% increase for fiscal 2025.
The deal was approved by 149 House Republicans - a strong party majority - along with 165 Democrats.
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