Biden sees American credibility on the line as he races to lock down climate action ahead of Glasgow
CNN
President Joe Biden wanted the stakes to be perfectly clear when he sat down with nine liberal Democrats in the Oval Office Tuesday to discuss ongoing legislative negotiations.
Going around the room and staring them each in the eye, the President warned of dire consequences if he arrives in Scotland next week for a United Nations climate summit without a deal that meets his pledge to dramatically reduce American greenhouse gas emissions.
"The prestige of the United States is on the line," Biden told the group, according to one participant -- Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat. "I need this to go represent the United States overseas. I need people to see that the Democratic Party is working, that the country is working, that we can govern."