Everywhere, that is, except the White House.Ī senior White House official insists that the CW is wrong, that Tuesday’s negotiations were actually a breakthrough, and that the end is near.

So BIF and reconciliation are sputtering toward a crash, according to the conventional wisdom everywhere in Washington this morning. “‘This is the third time she said she has told the president, “I’m not there,”’ the person said, quoting Sinema as telling the president: ‘I’ve been very clear with you from the start.’” “During a private meeting with the president, Sinema made clear she’s still not on board with the party’s $3.5 trillion social spending plan and is hesitant to engage on some specifics until the bipartisan infrastructure package passes the House, according to a person who spoke with her. Marianne Levine and Burgess Everett report:

And the word from Sinema-world was that she continued to be elusive. “There was no commitments made at all,” Manchin said after returning from the White House, sounding like he was barely negotiating. But the real action was shrouded in secrecy: the talks between Biden and the two senators who control the fate of his presidency, JOE MANCHIN (D-W.Va.) and KYRSTEN SINEMA (D-Ariz.). By the end of the day, there was no indication Democrats were near a deal that would allow BIF to pass the House on Thursday. Tuesday was the day it became clear either:Ī) President JOE BIDEN’s legislative agenda is about to implodeī) Biden made serious progress toward a deal to salvage his agenda. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images DRIVING THE DAY But much of the path forward depends on whether the White House can move holdouts the holdouts off the fence. By the end of Tuesday, there was no indication Democrats were near a deal that would allow BIF to pass the House on Thursday.

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