The next few months will push President Joe Biden to wield every drop of his influence over Congress
“Now is the time” for Biden to jump full-force into the reconciliation conversation, said Sen. Tim Kaine . And the White House made clear that Biden is diving into the series of tricky issues.
To help corral all 50 Senate Democrats for the social spending bill, the president and his party need to create an “echo chamber” around its substance, said Celinda Lake, a pollster on Biden’s campaign. But that won't be easy. Manchin has told colleagues he’s worried about whether the bill’s safety net, climate action and tax reforms will be popular in his state, according to one Senate Democrat. He's also said he won't support a measure at the current spending level: $3.5 trillion.
“People think they like the reconciliation package, but they really don't know what's in it,” said Lake, who added that her polling shows popularity for the measure, particularly among women and seniors. Yet he’s running into a brick wall in convincing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to provide at least 10 GOP votes to lift the nation's borrowing limit. Republicans say Biden’s dip in the polls isn’t driving their strategy on the debt ceiling. But it’s not helping either.
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