Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — A significant group of House Republicans raised questions Tuesday about whether the Treasury Department's June 1 deadline to avoid a potential U.S. debt default was accurate.
"We'd like to see more transparency on how they come to that date," House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise said Tuesday at a news conference.
"We're getting closer," McCarthy told reporters late Monday, adding that the "circle" of issues was becoming "smaller, smaller, smaller."
A Republican negotiator, Rep. Patrick McHenry, N.C., told reporters that spending was still the biggest hurdle to an agreement.
Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., left, and Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., speak to reporters about debt ceiling negotiations as they leave the House Republicans' caucus meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, May 23, 2023.
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