Back to business: Biden tours country and prepares for battle with Congress away
Haisten Willis
Bidencation is over.
President Joe Biden returns to a relatively quiet Washington on Monday, and he'll be staying busy even with Congress in recess until Labor Day.
The president will travel to three Western states promoting his "Bidenomics" push, various Cabinet members are fanning out to make their own speeches, and Biden will likely be in touch with members of Congress as well due to a looming budget showdown in September.
"The president is back at work while Congress stays at play," Democratic strategist Brad Bannon said. "Now that he's back in the White House, his priority is to grid for the big budget battle with House Republicans that will suck up all the oxygen after Labor Day."
Biden will have "lots of calls with Senators to shore up opposition to draconian spending cuts in the House," Bannon added, while "reaching out to Democratic progressives and Republican moderates in the House to bring them in line."
The White House responded to questions from the Washington Examiner about Biden's August schedule by pointing back to previously announced travel plans.
Cabinet members like Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg began traveling last week to talk up the administration's work.
Biden will join them this week with stops in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah to tout the Inflation Reduction Act. He'll do the same at an event hosted at the White House on Aug. 16.
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