Biden puts presidency on the line with House
BY MORGAN CHALFANT AND AMIE PARNES - 10/28/21 05:44 PM EDT President Biden put everything on the table in his fight for his domestic agenda in the final hours before he left Washington for Rome on Thursday.
He delayed his departure to trek to Capitol Hill at the last minute in hopes of pleading with Democrats to rally around a new, scaled-down climate and social spending package. He raced back to the White House to deliver a speech on his new plan.
He even had his old partner former President Obama — who rarely speaks out on an issue unless it’s dire — weigh in on the framework proposal.
The all-out effort is coming for a reason: Biden is facing a critical juncture of his presidency.
Sinking in the polls, Biden has faced a difficult summer and fall shaped by a pandemic that won’t go away, an ugly and embarrassing exit from Afghanistan and crippling fights within his party that has left Republicans confident they’ll win back the House majority next year.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/579018-biden-puts-presidency-on-the-line-with-house
