White House: Democrats Will Be ‘Disappointed’ as Party Scales Back Biden Agenda

A top White House adviser said that Democrats will be disappointed as the party works to trim President Joe Biden’s agenda amid party infighting, although he predicted that two major components would be passed in Congress. “People will be disappointed. People will not get everything they want, that is the art of legislating, but the goal here is to get both bills, and we’re going to fight until we get both bills,” Cedric Richmond, director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, told “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Late last week, infighting between moderate and leftist members of the Democratic Party over the $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill prompted a Capitol Hill visit by Biden. However, Biden left the meeting on Oct. 1, admitting to reporters that no deal is intact. More moderate Democratic lawmakers have sought an immediate vote on the infrastructure bill, …

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