Analysis: President Biden steps into Democrats' brawl to rescue his agenda.
Biden met at the White House on Wednesday with a parade of lawmakers, including party leaders and, separately, representatives of the warring progressive and moderate factions. Each side is holding a legislative hostage: the moderates are threatening to kill a $3.5 trillion, and the progressives are threatening to kill a bipartisan infrastructure bill. Neither side trusts the other.
"The president has always been open to negotiations and discussions and knew that he was not going to be, alone, able to wave a magic wand and pass a proposal," Psaki said Wednesday. Likewise, Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said in a statement that her allies won't vote for infrastructure unless the budget measure is in hand first.
, and their chief allies across the Capitol, Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., are insisting on shrinking the budget measure.
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