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Biden Arrives on Capital Hill to Meet Senate Democrats on $3.5 Trillion Plan
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0:52Now PlayingPresident Joe Biden stepped up his bid to push his multitrillion-dollar domestic plans through Congress Wednesday, lunching with Senate Democrats a day after party leaders announced a compromise for pouring federal resources into climate change, health care and family service programs.
"Is this my homecoming?" he said, greeting people as returned to the Capitol — his home as a Delaware senator for 36 years — for his first working meeting with lawmakers there since becoming president.
Then he added about the budget business at hand, "We're going to get this done."
The midday session was the start of his efforts to firm up support for forthcoming legislation embodying his priorities among Democrats, whose skinny congressional majorities leave him with virtually no votes to lose.
Late Tuesday, top Democrats announced an agreement among themselves on plans to spend a mammoth $3.5 trillion over the coming decade on a wide range of domestic programs, an expansion
Biden has proposed financing with tax boosts on the rich and big corporations. Included in the proposal would be a top priority for progressives — an expansion of Medicare, the health insurance program for older Americans, to include vision, dental and hearing coverage.
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