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Biden Caught Up In A World Wind
President Biden urges/pleads with all Democrats to compromise, to have patience and let him try to revive his economic agenda, and legacy.
Biden made his pitch during what pundits are calling a rare meeting on Capitol Hill in the midst of an intense, angry fight over two pieces of legislation that Democrats were struggling to get a handle on. The first bill would fix the nation’s roads, bridges, pipes, ports and Internet connections. A second package would authorize roughly $3.5 trillion to expand Medicare, combat climate change and boost a wide array of federal aid programs.
Democrats don’t appear to have an immediate way forward for either of the spending plans; they do what Democrats always do – form a circle firing squad and wait for someone, anyone, to shout FIRE!
Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona said President Biden’s $3.5 trillion proposal for expanding heath care access, boosting education programs and fighting climate change is too expensive. Both, however, have yet to engage in substantive, detailed negotiations.
But Manchin has been more than willing to engage with the beltway press, giving them an endless diet of headlines and soundbites made of crap that Washington just loves to eat up, 24/7.
