BIDEN PANICKING: Biden Cancels Trip To Chicago To Focus On Failing Agenda
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The Biden administration is unraveling.
Biden canceled his trip to Chicago to focus on his legislative agenda.
News: President Biden is canceling plans to travel to Chicago tomorrow in order to continue leading crucial negotiations in Washington over his legislative agenda, a White House official tells me pic.twitter.com/Zusand8DUs
ADVERTISEMENT— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) September 28, 2021
President Joe Biden canceled a scheduled trip to Chicago on Tuesday, according to reports, as he struggles to get his $5 trillion spending agenda through Congress.
The president met with moderate Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) at the White House on Tuesday, working with them to negotiate a price tag for his $3.5 trillion entitlement and climate spending bill.
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The White House needs support from both moderate Democrat senators to advance Biden’s partisan spending package requiring all 50 Democrat votes in the Senate.
But progressives are growing angry that Biden’s $3.5 trillion bill will not make it on the “two-track” legislative strategy that they were promised, threatening to kill the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Democrats are also nervous that if Biden fails to get his agenda through Congress, Trump will become even more popular than he already is.
Still, three senior Democratic officials told the Washington Examiner that failing to pass the $1.2 trillion bipartisan physical infrastructure proposal and the $3.5 trillion “human” infrastructure budget reconciliation package will effectively guarantee that Democrats lose majorities in both chambers of Congress, something Trump will almost certainly take credit for and use to restrengthen his hold over the GOP.
“That’s the worst-case scenario,” one official stated. “The president’s been in office for nearly a year, and at this point, Trump’s popularity is flatlining. Giving him literally anything to hang his hat on would reenergize Republicans heading into a crucial election for our country’s future, especially as we’re still fighting to get the pandemic under control.”
A number of Democratic officials previously voiced similar sentiments to the Washington Examiner, claiming that Democratic congressional leaders wouldn’t hold up the bill over minor disagreements due to concerns about the election.
“We’ve got a unique opportunity to tout real, tangible things for voters next year and whack Republicans over the head for opposing really popular programs,” one official said at the time. “I think everyone recognizes that. Maybe the number comes down a bit, but at the end of the day, progressives, the White House, and moderates all know we’ve got to head into ’22 with some tangibles for voters, on top of getting us out of the pandemic.”
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