Biden agenda at risk of being derailed by setbacks on Capitol Hill
ABC News
As he nears 10 months in office, President Biden is at a critical juncture with multiple aspects of his legislative agenda either stalled or in peril on Capitol Hill.
As he nears 10 months in office, President Joe Biden is at a critical juncture with multiple aspects of his legislative agenda either stalled or in peril on Capitol Hill.
"We're at this stalemate at the moment, and we're going to have to get these two pieces of legislation passed," Biden said Friday, referring to his infrastructure agenda.
With the prospect of a government shutdown now less than a week away, the president’s infrastructure agenda is also imperiled by a standoff within his own party, bipartisan negotiations over police reform have broken down, election and voting rights reform are stalled in the face of Republican opposition, and there is currently no clear way forward on immigration reform.
"The President won the most votes of any candidate in American history running on his agenda, and he and his team are fighting for the whole of it every day with the backing of strong majorities of the American people on each issue," said Andew Bates, White House deputy press secretary, in a statement to ABC News.