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McCarthy says no 'movement' in debt meeting with Biden

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Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says that no agreement had been reached following a high-stakes meeting with President Joe Biden over raising the US debt limit. "I didn't see any new movement," McCarthy says after the White House talks, which were also attended by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and the top Democrats in Congress, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. SOUNDBITE

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