Biden says he'll 'work like hell' to get infrastructure agenda across finish line
After multiple delays to a House vote on his infrastructure deal this week, President Joe Biden says he still believes his party can overcome disagreements to move the plan forward.
Speaking with reporters Saturday, Biden pledged to "work like hell" to get both the bipartisan and reconciliation infrastructure bills passed as his ambitious domestic agenda hangs in the balance.
"Everybody is frustrated. It’s part of being in government -- being frustrated," Biden said, when asked for his message to moderates in the House who wanted to see a vote move forward on the bipartisan bill that would fund traditional infrastructure.
During a frantic week of negotiations, Democratic leaders struggled to strike a deal after progressive Democrats threatened to tank the vote on the package unless the party agreed on Biden’s reconciliation bill that focuses on social spending and climate and which Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz,. have said they would not support due to its $3.5 trillion price tag.
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'I can get this done': White House digs in on negotiations as Biden agenda hangs in balance
WASHINGTON – After a whirlwind week of negotiations between Democrats trying to enact two central pieces of President Joe Biden's agenda, the White House and congressional leaders are doubling down on their commitment to pass the bills amid intra-party conflict.
"I believe I can get this done," Biden told a crowd of reporters on Saturday before boarding a flight on Marine One to Wilmington, Delaware. "I believe, when the American people are aware of what's in it, we can get it done."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., delayed a vote on a bipartisan infrastructure agreement passed in the Senate after it became clear that leadership couldn't muster the votes for the bill to succeed amid debate over a much larger package that would expand the nation's social safety net.
“Clearly, the bipartisan infrastructure bill will pass once we have agreement on the reconciliation bill," Pelosi said in a letter to colleagues on Saturday morning, while cautioning that "more time was needed to reach our goal of passing both bills, which we will."
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Slobfather take note. This is what the art of the deal is.
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