After a Tuesday meeting in the Oval Office with President Biden and all four top leaders from the House and Senate, the pool of people directly negotiating a deal is getting smaller. Here’s who the negotiators are:
the administration’s negotiations on the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law, and he’s seen as one of the few White House aides trusted to speak on behalf of the president.As the director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs, Terrell is also involved in the talks. She has had a major role in the Biden administration’s agenda, from infrastructure to climate to gun safety issues, acting largely as an ambassador to Congress.
She previously worked in legislative affairs during the Obama administration and was the founding executive director of the Biden Foundation.The Louisiana Republican was first elected to Congress in 2015 and has emerged as McCarthy’s right-hand man on the debt ceiling. He has been instrumental in rallying various, often clashing GOP factions behind the Republican bill to raise the debt ceiling.
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