OPINION:
This week’s passage of the debt-limit bill in the House of Representatives is a strategic victory for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (“Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal to face new obstacles in Senate as looming deadline closes in,” web, May 31).
He achieved a bipartisan victory with both Republican and Democratic support, something his predecessor could not and would not have done.
Mr. McCarthy’s speech on the floor was an opus of reason and optimism. In contrast, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ speech was filled with diatribes and desperate attempts to rationalize the failures not only of the House Democratic Caucus, but also the failures of the current president, whose leadership is in question by the citizenry.
MIKE McADOO
San Francisco
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