House Speaker Kevin McCarthy continued to sound somewhat upbeat on Washington’s debt-ceiling standoff, as he spoke on Wednesday during a Fox Business interview. “We are in the room right now negotiating,” the California Republican said. “I think things are going a little better, but you know the challenge here. Democrats continue to want to spend more.”
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