预计乔·拜登总统将在一次听证会上向众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡提出两个问题周三会议根据美国广播公司(ABC News)首先获得的一份白宫备忘录，奥巴马将要求他承诺避免灾难性违约，并公布一份具体、详细和全面的预算。
备受期待的会议是在债务限额僵局持续的情况下举行的。
根据这份备忘录，预计总统将问麦卡锡他是否会“致力于美国永远不会违约的基本原则”，以及他是否同意“前总统，包括特朗普总统和里根总统，避免债务上限边缘政策至关重要。”
这份由高级顾问布赖恩·迪斯和沙兰达·扬撰写的备忘录指出，拜登总统将于3月9日公布预算，并要求麦卡锡也这样做。
“至关重要的是，麦卡锡议长同样承诺公布预算，以便美国人民能够看到众议院共和党人计划如何减少赤字——无论是通过削减社会保障;削减医疗保险、医疗补助和平价医疗法案(ACA)的医疗保险;和/或削减研究、教育和公共安全——以及他们的预算将在多大程度上增加最富有的美国人和大公司的减税赤字，正如他们今年的第一份法案中所述。”
麦卡锡在周二的一份声明中回应了这份备忘录，他写道:“总统先生:我收到了您员工的备忘录。我对政治游戏不感兴趣。我是来为美国人民谈判的。”
众议院的共和党人坚持大幅削减开支，以换取他们在提高债务上限上的合作。
代表众议院最大共和党团体的共和党研究委员会(Republican Study Committee)此前呼吁修改社会保障和医疗保险，包括将年轻工人的医疗保险年龄提高到67岁，将社会保障年龄提高到70岁。
但麦卡锡最近表示，对社会保障和医疗保险的任何削减都将“不在讨论范围内”。
麦卡锡指出，共和党人在中期选举前提出的“对美国的承诺”计划“加强了”医疗保险和社会保障。白宫指责麦卡锡在政府支出计划上“闪烁其词”。
当被问及他所说的“加强”是什么意思以及他是否会寻求提高退休年龄时，麦卡锡说:“不，不，不。我所说的社会保障，医疗保险，你把它放在一边。”
麦卡锡说:“我想找到一个合理和负责任的方法，我们可以提高债务上限，但控制这种失控的支出。”
与此同时，白宫一再表示，拜登不会通过将提高债务上限与削减支出挂钩进行谈判或妥协，政府指出了两党多年来提高上限的两党历史。
“利用债务上限作为杠杆的企图不会奏效，”白宫新闻秘书郭佳欣·让-皮埃尔本月早些时候告诉记者。“不会有劫持人质。”
本月早些时候，麦卡锡明确表示他将坚守立场。
“总统说他甚至不会谈判，这是不负责任的。我们会负责任的。我们会变得理智，我们会一起完成这件事。因此，他拖得越久，就越有可能危及美国的财政，”麦卡锡本月早些时候告诉ABC新闻的资深国会记者雷切尔·斯科特。“我们应该坐下来把这件事做完，不要再玩政治了，”他补充道。
债务上限不允许政府在新项目上支出，而是允许美国借入任何需要的资金来支付国家现有的账单。
本月早些时候，联邦政府达到了当前的债务上限，约为31.4万亿美元，促使财政部采取“非常措施”进行干预，这将使国家避免灾难性的违约，直到6月份。
“拜登总统将要求麦卡锡议长公开向美国人民和世界其他国家保证，美国将一如既往地履行其所有财政义务，”备忘录称。
At meeting, Biden to challenge McCarthy to avoid default, release detailed budget, per White House memo
President Joe Biden is expected to pose two questions to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during a Wednesday meeting and will challenge him to commit to avoiding a catastrophic default and unveil a specific, detailed and comprehensive budget, according to a White House memo obtained first by ABC News.
The highly anticipated meeting comes amid an ongoing standoff over the debt limit.
According to the memo, the president is expected to ask McCarthy if he will "commit to the bedrock principle that the United States will never default on its financial obligations" and whether he agrees with "former presidents, including Presidents Trump and Reagan, that it is critical to avoid debt limit brinksmanship."
The memo -- written by senior advisers Brian Deese and Shalanda Young -- notes President Biden will release a budget on March 9 and challenges McCarthy to do the same.
"It is essential that Speaker McCarthy likewise commit to releasing a budget, so that the American people can see how House Republicans plan to reduce the deficit – whether through Social Security cuts; cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Affordable Care Act (ACA) health coverage; and/or cuts to research, education, and public safety – as well as how much their Budget will add to the deficit with tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and large corporations, as in their first bill this year."
McCarthy responded to the memo in a statement on Tuesday, writing: "Mr. President: I received your staff’s memo. I'm not interested in political games. I'm coming to negotiate for the American people."
Republicans in the House have insisted on deep spending cuts in exchange for their cooperation on raising the debt ceiling.
The Republican Study Committee, which represents the largest group of Republicans in the House, previously called for revisions to Social Security and Medicare including raising the age for Medicare to 67 and Social Security to the age of 70 for younger workers.
But McCarthy recently said any cuts to Social Security and Medicare would be "off the table."
McCarthy pointed to the "Commitment to America" plan presented by Republicans before the midterms, which he said "strengthens" Medicare and Social Security. The White House has accused McCarthy of being "evasive" on his plan for government spending.
Pressed on what he meant by "strengthen" and whether he would seek to raise the retirement age -- McCarthy said: "No, no, no. What I'm talking about Social Security, Medicare, you keep that to the side."
"I want to find a reasonable and a responsible way that we can lift the debt ceiling but take control of this runaway spending," McCarthy said.
Meanwhile, the White House has repeatedly said Biden will not negotiate or compromise by tying a debt limit increase to spending cuts, with the administration pointing to the bipartisan history of the ceiling being increased by both parties over the years.
"Attempts to exploit the debt ceiling as leverage will not work," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters earlier this month. "There will be no hostage taking."
Earlier this month, McCarthy made it clear he was holding firm.
"For the president to say he wouldn't even negotiate -- that's irresponsible. We're going to be responsible. We're going to be sensible, and we're going to get this done together. So the longer he waits, the more he puts the fiscal jeopardy of America up for grabs," McCarthy told ABC News' Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott earlier this month. "We should sit down and get this done and stop playing politics," he added.
The debt limit doesn't allow government spending on new programs -- instead it allows the U.S. to borrow any money it needs to pay for the nation's existing bills.
The federal government hit the current debt ceiling, about $31.4 trillion earlier this month prompting the Treasury Department to step in with "extraordinary measures" which will allow the nation to avert a catastrophic default until June.
"President Biden will ask Speaker McCarthy to publicly assure the American people and the rest of the world that the United States will, as always, honor all of its financial obligations," the memo states.
