President Joe Biden is meeting with feuding factions of his party Wednesday in an attempt to save the bulk of his domestic agenda from legislative implosion.
The items at stake are Democrats’ sweeping $3.5 trillion social safety net and the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Despite his party’s congressional majorities, moderates and progressives find themselves miles apart on the size and scope of the spending package, with the latter warning that they will tank the public works bill if moderates trim down the multitrillion dollar legislation.
Biden is meeting with both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, responsible for navigating the legislation through their caucuses with just three and zero votes to spare, respectively. The meetings come just five days before the House is set to vote on the infrastructure bill, and progressives have vowed to vote against it if the budget remains unfinished.
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