Biden 'still full steam ahead' on domestic agenda, despite new opposition: Top adviser

Senior adviser to the president, Cedric Richmond, joined "This Week" Sunday to discuss President Biden's response to Hurricane Ida and what's next for infrastructure.

Faced with new opposition to his domestic agenda from a key Democratic senator, one of President Joe Biden's top advisers said the White House is "still full steam ahead on trying to get our legislation passed." "Look, Senator Manchin is a valued partner, we're going to continue to work with him, but we're also going to continue to push our agenda," senior adviser to the president Cedric Richmond said on "This Week" Sunday. "It's not abnormal for this to happen in the legislative process ... we're still full steam ahead on trying to get our legislation passed." With Congress set to return from recess next Monday, the fate of the president's agenda is uncertain after moderate Sen. Joe Manchin declared in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Thursday that he would not support the $3.5 trillion budget resolution that Democrats alone, including Manchin, took the first step in passing last month. Manchin called for a "strategic pause" on that bill, which contains many of Biden's "human infrastructure" priorities, like funding for health care, child care and climate change. With significant Republican support, the Senate has also passed a $1 trillion traditional infrastructure bill, but progressive Democrats have threatened to try to tank the smaller package if the $3.5 trillion bill is not also passed.