Schumer and the White House squeeze McCarthy on the debt ceiling

Plus: The White House’s full-court press against the House GOP’s SPR restrictions and what to know as Ruben Gallego takes on Kyrsten Sinema for her Senate seat.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer speaking in the Capitol in December 2022. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

FIRST THINGS FIRST

SCHUMER CALLS HOUSE GOP’s BLUFF: In his first floor speech after a three-week recess, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer dared House Republicans to put their proposals on the floor for what programs they would cut i…