Biden says resolving differences on $2 trillion spending package could take 'weeks'
Source: Washington Post
Democrats on Thursday began to concede that they may not be able to adopt a roughly $2 trillion package to overhaul the country’s health care, education, climate, immigration and tax laws before the end of this year, threatening a major political setback for the final piece of President Biden’s economic agenda.
The acknowledgment on Capitol Hill after months of negotiations — some even involving Biden personally — generated fresh frustration among a party struggling to overcome its own divisions and finalize a measure that has bedeviled them now for nearly a year. And it raised the odds that a key federal program that provides monthly payments to approximately 35 million families could expire in a matter of days.
Biden, however, sought to manage expectations late Thursday. In a statement, he said discussions remain ongoing with Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), a key swing vote in the chamber who has expressed sustained concern about the size and scope of the economic package. But he appeared to leave open the door that the debate could easily drag into 2022.
“We will advance this work together over the days and weeks ahead,” Biden said, noting that he and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) are “determined to see the bill successfully on the floor as early as possible.”
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/12/16/senate-democrats-manchin-biden-spending/
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Bernie says that's arrogance.
I say it's worse.
