Senate Democrats huddled with President Biden on Capitol Hill for the first time since the midterm elections to strategize for 2024. Democrats have a difficult road to maintain their slim 51-49 majority, with 23 seats to defend versus 11 for Republicans.
The meeting comes after Biden gave a speech at House Democrats' retreat in Baltimore on Wednesday, ahead of the anticipated release of the White House’s budget proposal next week.“We had a great meeting. We talked about implementing the accomplishments of the president in the last two years. We believe we can get a lot of good bipartisan stuff done in these two years,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said as he exited the meeting, standing with the president outside the Senate chamber.
“We’re certainly talking about 2024, and he’s giving great advice,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal . “He was certainly very congratulatory to Jon Tester and Bob Casey and others that are running.” While Democrats gained an extra seat for their party in the November elections, they lost the House of Representatives, dooming hopes of advancing a sweeping agenda this session of Congress. However, Schumer believes there are some areas lawmakers can find bipartisanship, specifically pointing to a bill from Sens. J.D. Vance and Sherrod Brown , who are partnering on a new rail safety measure responding to the chemical spill that has devastated the town of East Palestine.
“He talked about the budget, no hostage taking, just show us their budget, keeping Medicare and Medicaid, and he talked about getting online protections for kids,” he said. Biden’s meeting with Democrats comes as Senate Republicans have been successful in advancing some of their own policy priorities. With the support of Sens. Joe Manchin and Jon Tester , they were able to pass a resolution to undo a Biden administration rule that allowed retirement plans to consider environmental, social, and corporate governance in their investment decisions. The president has said he would veto the measure.
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