By Sarah Ferris, Burgess Everett, Heather Caygle
POLITICO
October 22, 2021
President Joe Biden had breakfast with Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday as Democrats close in on a deal on Biden’s social spending plan, though a final agreement with the party’s two Senate centrist holdouts is unlikely to come this week.
Several sources with knowledge of the intensifying talks said they doubted a deal could come together on Friday given where things stand between Biden and Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.). But Democrats are ending the week with far more clarity from that duo than they began, giving the party increasing confidence it can land a framework for the bill this month. Talks are expected to spill into the weekend, with both chambers gone until Monday. Advertisement