While speaking to CNN on Tuesday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated that President Joe Biden's refusal to negotiate over spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling is "not rational, it's not reasonable, and it's not practical." And that the White House's refusal to negotiate spending cuts around raising the debt ceiling is "hypocritical" when there have been negotiations on raising the debt ceiling any time that there is divided government and one party doesn't control the House, the Senate, and the White House.