Biden: Negotiations over economic agenda at a ‘stalemate’
| President Biden on Friday acknowledged it is going to take time to pass his economic agenda following meetings with key Democratic lawmakers this week to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure package and the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.
“I think it’s just going to take some time,” Biden said following remarks at the White House about COVID-19 vaccines. “This is a process and it’s going to be up and down. That’s why I don’t look at the polls. Not a joke because it’s going to go up, it’s going to go down, it’s going to go up, and hopefully at the end of the day I’ll be able to deliver on what I said I would do.” Biden said the negotiations over his agenda are at a “stalemate,” conveying less optimism than the White House conveyed earlier this week following Wednesday’s meetings. |
