Some Democrats are concerned President Biden will spend Memorial Day weekend at Camp David while Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and his negotiators remain in Washington to work on a debt ceiling bill, NPR reports, while progressive Democrats would prefer the president would not negotiate at all, and potentially give up hard-fought gains on social safety net programs. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), meanwhile, holds to his position that the White House should fix the problem by invoking the 14th Amendment.
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Also up for discussion:
•Should Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) resign early and potentially hand the 2024 Democratic primary for her seat to Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)?
•The Consumer Price Index was up 4.9% in April, still too high for the Federal Reserve, but reflecting a slow and continuing improvement over last year. Meanwhile, the Labor Department reported a week earlier that the U.S. economy added 253,000 jobs in April, higher than most economists had predicted. This comes after the Fed indicated its latest quarter-point interest rate hike might be its last for a while. All these high numbers could be fond memories of our 2023 economy if Congress fails to pass a debt ceiling increase in coming weeks.
•A Manhattan court awarded E. Jean Carroll $5 million in her sexual abuse and defamation case against Donald J. Trump, who of course, will appeal.