Progressives are once again threatening to tank their party’s infrastructure bill ahead of a key deadline, with President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda on the line. This time Democratic leaders believe they have a secret weapon: Biden himself.
Biden will join House Democrats on Capitol Hill Thursday morning for a high-stakes sales pitch to resistant progressives, asking them to support a bipartisan infrastructure framework, although a final agreement on the party’s broader social spending bill remains out of reach without clear liberal buy-in.
