Nancy Pelosi is 'hopeful' a budget deal will be reached before Congress leaves for summer recess
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday she is "hopeful" about reaching a sweeping budget deal to avert a debt default and stave off billions in automatic spending cuts before Congress leavesPelosi's comments to reporters come amid a flurry of negotiations with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who has led the talks for Republicans, over the last week. The pair is expected to talk again later Tuesday.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time., with both Democrats and many Republicans preferring to hold out for a broader bargain that would lift discretionary spending caps and the debt limit for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. “There’s some talk about short-term, we’re opposed to short-term, we don’t want to go through this again,” Hoyer said. “We think it needs to be at least a two-year extension and a two-year caps deal, so we’re not continually going down this crisis road.”
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