Biden Rushes to Rescue Agenda as Democrats Splinter on Cost
- Pelosi has pressing choice on House infrastructure bill vote
- Eyes on Manchin, Sinema to reveal position on tax, spend bill
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President Joe Biden and his aides scrambled Wednesday to break a deadlock among Democrats that has stalled progress on his economic plans as the White House and Congress stare down deadlines to keep the government running and avoid a default.
Biden canceled a planned trip to Chicago to step up attempts to strike a compromise between warring progressive and moderate Democrats whose differences over the size and scope of a tax and spending bill worth as much as $3.5 trillion threaten to sink his entire economic agenda.