President Joe Biden will take negotiations on his congressional agenda in his own hands on Tuesday when he meets with the warring wings of his party to push for consensus.
Biden has stepped up his involvement as the clock ticks toward the October 31 deadline for Congress to pass his infrastructure plan and his budget package of social programs.
'The president is certainly feeling an urgency to move things forward, to get things done,' White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday.
She added that 'we are at a point where we feel an urgency to move things forward, and the pickup of meetings is a reflection of that.'
The president will host separate meetings with Democratic moderates and members of the progressive wings of the party at the White House on Tuesday. That will include a sit-down with moderate Senator Kyrsten Sinema and follows his phone call with moderate Senator Joe Manchin on Monday evening.
President Joe Biden will take negotiations on his congressional agenda in his own hands
Biden will host several meetings at the White House on Tuesday, including one with Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona
Manchin has expressed doubt a deal can be reached at the end of the month. And, in the 50-50 Senate, Biden needs every Democratic vote to get his agenda passed.
'There's an awful lot that's going on. I don't know how that would happen,' Manchin said Monday. 'But once you get a meeting of the minds, if you ever come to an agreement, a meeting of the minds, you might be able to work something out.'
Additionally, Biden will travel to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to push for public support of his agenda. And he'll take part in a town hall with CNN on Thursday night in Baltimore.
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