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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

Ted Cruz and GOP wrestle with Biden and their own past in debt ceiling fight

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Ted Cruz was back on cable news battling the White House over the issue of the debt ceiling on Sunday as Republicans grow increasingly frustrated with the ironlike determination of the president to prevent their party from scoring a political win.

The Texas US senator spoke to Maria Bartiromo on the Fox Business Network as he fumed that Republicans were unable to make any progress in their bid for concessions from Democrats on spending cuts as part of negotiations to raise America’s debt ceiling and prevent a default on the US’s loans.

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