Biden gives some clues on potential compromises to his social safety net plan [View all]
Source: CNN
By Maegan Vazquez and Kaitlan Collins,
(CNN)President Joe Biden laid out areas of potential compromise to his massive 10-year spending plan during a speech on Friday at a childcare center in Connecticut.
"I'm convinced we're going to get this done," Biden said of the ongoing negotiations during the first stop of his trip in Hartford. "We're not going to get $3.5 trillion. We'll get less than that. But we'll get it. And we'll come back and get the rest."
Earlier in the speech, which was aimed at highlighting his administration's childcare proposals in the plan, Biden also suggested free community college may be an area that gets cut.
"I don't know that I can get it done, but I also have proposed free community college, like you've done here in the state of Connecticut, to help students from lower-income families attend community college (and) four-year schools."
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