Biden to spend this week working behind the scenes to press Democrats on his sweeping domestic agend
President Joe Biden has few public events on his schedule this week as he works behind the scenes to secure an agreement on his domestic agenda amid deep divisions within his party.
A source familiar with the President's private schedule says it is filled with blocks of "congressional time," which the President uses to make phone calls, meet with lawmakers in person or talk over his legislative strategy with top aides. He'll also participate in a CNN town hall at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday in Baltimore. The press this week comes after Biden faced calls from Democratic allies in Congress to get more involved in pressing his economic agenda.
Biden is expected to meet with Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, at the White House as soon as Monday, and officials are already making plans for another meeting with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Democrat of Arizona, this week. While Biden is meeting with both moderates and progressives in groups at the White House on Tuesday, Manchin and Sinema are expected to get a solo audience with the President. Other Democrats have accused the two moderates of holding up a deal in the 50-50 Senate.
While Biden periodically has "congressional time" on his schedule, the source told CNN there is much more than normal this week. Biden leaves Washington next week for a trip abroad to the G20 in Rome and United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, so aides are carving out more than usual in hopes of reaching an agreement before he departs.
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