Biden Battles for Budget Deal Amid Democratic Infighting
- President meets with lawmakers to try to advance measures
- ‘Hectic few days ahead,’ Gottheimer says after meeting
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Five months after President Joe Biden unveiled his vision of a new social contract between the federal government and American families, the administration is struggling to unite congressional Democrats behind a bill that can pass in face of united Republican opposition.
With moderate and progressive lawmakers split over the final size of what in August was penciled in as a $3.5 trillion package, and over a welter of elements from spending to taxes, Biden on Wednesday put his engagement into high gear.