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Negotiators Halt Debt-Ceiling Talks With No Breakthrough in Sight

White House, Republicans hope to reach deal centered on spending cuts, work requirements

By Siobhan Hughes

, David Harrison

and Natalie Andrews

Updated May 20, 2023 2:26 am ET

President Biden said Wednesday that he wouldn’t accept welfare program work requirements that could affect people’s medical health needs as part of debt-ceiling negotiations with Republicans. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Debt-ceiling negotiators broke off a second round of talks late Friday without yielding a breakthrough, as the White House and House Republicans struggled to reach a deal to raise the limit and avert a government default as soon as next month.

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