When courting progressives, White House officials have had to alleviate concerns about how the legislative sausage making process could shrink the spending in the bill. “My view of it is the Biden administration has done a good job trying to reach out and I think there’s always a little bit of grinding that goes on. Biden’s chief of staff, Ron Klain, is a common fixture in interactions between liberals and the White House. “We have communicated to the White House privately and publicly that we don’t think the package currently being negotiated meets the moment,” Walsh said. The BlueGreen Alliance sent Biden officials a letter urging his team to go bigger on infrastructure.

Source: The Guardian July 10, 2021 10:00 UTC