Q: only discussing spending & not at all discussing debt ceiling? A: The President has held the line

Reporter: To the back.
KJP: Okay. All right. To the back.
Reporter: Yeah, I’m right over here. I — yeah. (Laughter.) I see you, you see me; let’s not play around anymore. (Laughter.)
KJP: Let’s not — okay, Mr. “To wit,” let’s go. What do you got?
Reporter: All right, I promise not to use that phrase again. (Laughter.)
KJP: Social media loved it, though.

Reporter: Do you mean to tell us that in the discussions between the President and the Speaker, and in the discussions between the two negotiating teams, they are only discussing federal discretionary spending and that they are not at all discussing the terms under which the debt ceiling would be raised?

KJP: What I can tell you is what you’ve heard from the President and what you’ve heard from both sides, which has been: The negotiation has certainly been about the budget. You’ve heard them talk about the budget. You’ve heard them talk about how we’re moving forward and that in this particular moment that we’re in, they’ve been productive.

The President has held the line and has been very clear that the debt — when it comes to the debt limit, it should be done without negotiations, without condition. That’s something that the President has said in front of all of you. And he also said —

Karine Jean-Pierre Has VERY Tough Time Saying What’s Happening In Debt Limit Negotiations

Reporter: But I want to know what’s happening in the actual rooms.
KJP: I just — I just —
Reporter: They’re not —
KJP: — told you.
Reporter: — talking about the debt ceiling, about how long —
KJP: I just told you —
Reporter: — it would be raised, by how much?
KJP: I —
Reporter: That’s not a subject of discussion?
KJP: I — well, first of all, I — I am telling you what the President has said to all of you.
Reporter: I know what he said. I follow him —
KJP: Okay.
Reporter: — very closely —
KJP: Okay.
Reporter: — every day.
KJP: Okay, well — well then —
Reporter: I want to know what’s happening in that room.

KJP: I — the President has spoken to what he has said to the leaders in that room, to what he has said to Speaker McCarthy in the room. And he’s been very clear. And so he has said, when it comes to the debt limit, it is not negotiable, it should be done without conditions. That’s what he has said, that he has been very clear, when it —

Reporter: But is he living up to that in these talks?

KJP: Well, I will also remind you that yesterday the Speaker and the President said, when it comes to default, it is off the table. And I’ll leave it there. Okay. Let’s keep going.
Reporter: Back row?
KJP: Oh gosh, I — go ahead, Alex. I haven’t seen you in a while.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday threw cold water on the view that the 14th Amendment could resolve Washington’s debt-ceiling standoff. “It is not going to fix the current problem that we have right now,” she told reporters during a press briefing, after being asked if the Biden White House has ruled out using the amendment. On Sunday, President Joe Biden offered a similar view, saying he believes he has the authority to invoke the 14th Amendment, but it may be too late to go that route.

Karine Jean-Pierre: 14th Amendment “Not Going To Deal With The Problem That We’re Currently Having”
Reporter: Has there been any more discussion about the 14th Amendment?

KJP: Look, you know, the President has been very clear about this. He’s spoken to this. It is just not — it is not going to deal with the problem that we are currently having at this moment, at this time. What we need to focus on is Congress acting, is Congress doing their constitutional duty and dealing with the debt limit.

Q: ruling out invoking 14th Amendment? A: very clear: It’s not going to solve our problems
Reporter: It sounds like the White House is now ruling out invoking the 14th Amendment as an option to get around the debt ceiling. Is that accurate?

KJP: What I can say: It is not — it is not — it is not going to fix the current problem that we have right now, which — Right now, what we — what is going to deal with getting the debt limit done is for Congress — for Congress to act. And that’s what we’ve been very clear on.

Reporter: So, if it won’t fix the current problem, that means that’s not a possibility that the President will pursue.

KJP: I mean — I — look, I — look, I — I’m not going to go beyond what the President has said. He has — he’s made it very clear: It’s not going to solve our problems. That is — that is just where we are. Congress needs to do its job.

Q: Biden looking at the 14th Amendment? on or off the table? A: doesn’t solve our problems
Reporter: To follow up on the 14th Amendment again, the last time the President

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KJP Has VERY Tough Time Describe Debt Limit Negotiations Without Conditions, 14th Amendment