stake. this afternoon of meetings, that s a lot of secret sauce the president needs to have with him, geoff, meeting with these different factions. a lot of it does come down to some personal relationships certainly which he does have and enjoys a bit more in the senate versus some of those lawmakers in the house. what the white house is really saying here is the president is coming into play a little more referee than closer in any other sense. the white house has been completely clear they feel and what they would like to see happen. remember, the president got himself in trouble earlier this year when he said he wouldn t sign one of these pieces of legislation without the other. then he walked that back. but the preference was clear he still wants these two to proceed in tandem. so the major question i have out of today and to white house press secretary jen psaki is has that shifted at all or does that change coming out of these meetings. because if they are going to have this vo
bill, they think the infrastructure bill is just bad politics. they don t like the climate provisions in it. they think it could be bad ultimately on an environmental scale and that alone could be enough to slow that bill down in the house. and so what we re going to see today is an enormous lift by the president. the president of the united states, potentially the only person who can convince the disparate factions of the democratic caucus to hold hands and stuff together on stuff they don t love because nothing else is going to get through. we re seeing that on so many other issues and that makes today s meeting so pivotal. it s such a great point. monica, garrett s point about the president right now, he s scheduled to meet with pelosi and schumer first, at 3:30 he meets with the moderate democrats and at 5:30 he sits down with progressives. house majority leader steny hoyer, he s speaking of the president, i hope he has the correct sauce. i m getting president biden hopes he ha