Psaki Tells MSNBC Biden Had ‘Extra Pep in His Step’ After Manchin Meeting on High-Stakes Bill

‘The president was really encouraged by the agreement about moving forward and wanting to get things done’

(Via Mediaite)

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki had good news for Democrats who want to see a deal reached on President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, telling MSNBC that a meeting with Joe Manchin put an “extra pep in [Biden’s] step” this weekend.

Biden met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the West Virginia Democrat for breakfast in Delaware on Sunday morning “for what was a productive discussion about the Build Back Better Agenda, including equipping Americans to get back to work and making our economy deliver for the middle class — not just those at the top,” according to a White House statement.

On Tuesday morning’s edition of Way Too Early, host Jonathan Lemire asked Psaki about that meeting, and the status of negotiations around a pair of bills that all of Washington, DC is watching.

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