President Biden indicated Tuesday that he would sign Democrats’ reconciliation bill even if it included the Hyde amendment, a controversial provision that bars federal funds from being used for most abortions.
Democratic and Republican senators are urging President Biden to confront Russia or expel its diplomats in the U.S. over the Kremlin’s downsizing of American missions in the country.
President Biden is stuck in the middle of a heated Democratic fight in which he is likely to disappoint one faction or the other while seeking a compromise on the key pillars of his legislative agenda.