President Joe Biden will meet with the two most prominent points of the Democrats in their huge social spending package: Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.
The president will host Sinema on Wednesday morning and then Manchin on Wednesday evening, according to people familiar with the meeting. Both centrist senators are resisting the goal of other Democrats to spend up to $ 3.5 trillion on social programs, climate action and expanding safety nets.
The Biden movement demonstrates that it is moving directly to arbitrate what has become a disorderly struggle in the democratic caucus. During a luncheon on Tuesday, Manchin reiterated his hopes of pausing the spending package, according to an attendee, a statement he met with crickets.