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Leaders from nearly 200 countries are set to gather in Glasgow, Scotland next week for the United Nations Climate Change conference. Tom Armstrong, who served in the White House Office of Science and Technology under the Obama administration, joins CBSN to discuss what's ahead.
President Joe Biden addresses ongoing talks surrounding his multitrillion dollar social spending plan during a CNN town hall in Baltimore on Thursday night. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joined CBSN to discuss the president's remarks regarding Senate holdouts Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.
President Joe Biden signaled in a town hall-style event Thursday he was open to eliminating the filibuster, as several key pieces of his agenda are held up by the 60-vote threshold needed in the Senate. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joined CSBN to discuss this and the latest news from the Biden administration.
He said if he were ever "an embarrassment" to Democrats, he would "switch to be an independent."
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of coal-rich West Virginia says he's opposed to the "Clean Electricity Performance Program," which is part of the multi-trillion dollar reconciliation bill his party is trying to pass. Environmental experts say the program is key to making significant progress in the fight against climate change. Environmentalist Bill McKibben joins CBSN to discuss what's at stake.
President Joe Biden heads to Maryland on Thursday to make another public push for his infrastructure and social spending plans after trying to sell the policies to Pennsylvania taxpayers. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joined CBSN with a look at the upcoming town hall and other topics from the White House.
President Biden visited Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to promote key aspects of his economic agenda to working class Americans. Back in Washington, Democrats are inching closer to an agreement on a spending bill for investments in social and climate infrastructure. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang joins CBSN's Lana Zak with the latest on negotiations, as well as voting rights reform and pediatric COVID-19 vaccines.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reacts to news of General Colin Powell's death from COVID complications at the age of 84. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joined CBSN with more reactions to the death of the former secretary of State and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other stories from the White House.
President Biden hit the road on Friday to promote his social spending plan in Connecticut. CBS News' Natalie Brand explains how the president says the plan will help families with child care. Then CBSN anchor Lana Zak and Politico White House correspondent Daniel Lippman discuss where negotiations on the price tag of the bill stand.
President Biden on Wednesday announced a plan to boost capacity at major ports in California and at companies like Walmart and UPS as supply chain backlogs threaten to worsen rising consumer prices. CBS News congressional reporter Nikole Killion, CBSN political contributor and White House reporter for The Associated Press Zeke Miller, and The Washington Examiner's political and investigative reporter Sarah Westwood join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with the details.
The Senate voted to temporarily extend the debt ceiling to December 3 after Democrats and Republicans reached an agreement. But the deal is also spurring more partisan fighting and new intra-party feuds. CBS News' Debra Alfarone reports and CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion joined CBSN to discuss.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made an offer to Democrats Wednesday that would temporarily extend the government's borrowing ability, avoiding a default on its debts. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, CBS News' congressional correspondent Nikole Killion and Insider's politics reporter Oma Seddiq join "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with the details.
That's between the $1.5 trillion moderate Senator Joe Manchin has said he'd back and the $3.5 trillion progressives want. The president laid out the guideposts in a virtual meeting with the Progressive caucus.
President Biden is trying to fend off a political and economic crisis while trying to get key parts of his agenda through Congress. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN anchor Elaine Quijano and breaks down the standoff with Republicans over the debt ceiling and the deadlock between Democrats over the president's infrastructure and social spending bills.
President Biden told Republicans who don't want to raise the debt limit to "get out of the way" so they don't "destroy" the country. Meanwhile, pressure is building on Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to help pass Mr. Biden's agenda in the Senate. Nancy Cordes has the latest.
The debate will continue for another week over a $3.5 trillion social spending measure, without which some House Democrats say they wont support the smaller $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that passed the Senate in August. Christina Ruffini has more.
President Biden addressed the need for Congress to increase the debt ceiling and prevent the nation from defaulting on its loans. He said Republicans need to get out of the way and allow Democrats to raise the debt limit. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins CBSN to discuss the president's remarks.
President Biden is expected to meet with House Democrats after progressive Democrats in the House held up a vote Thursday on the bipartisan infrastructure deal over a lack of Senate Democratic support for a second spending bill focused on climate and social programs. CBS News' Natalie Brand joins CBSN with the latest.
President Biden signed legislation to temporarily avoid a government shutdown. The U.S. government is now funded through December 3. This comes as the Democrats remain divided over the $1 trillion infrastructure bill. Meanwhile, California Governor Gavin Newsom implemented a first-of-its-kind vaccine mandate for students. CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent and moderator of "Face the Nation" Margaret Brennan joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss this week's episode.
President Biden met with House Democrats on Friday afternoon, as progressive and moderate Democrats negotiate the infrastructure deal and climate and social spending plan. CBS News political contributors and Democratic strategists Joel Payne and Antjuan Seawright join CBSN to discuss.
Tensions are rising and negotiations are intensifying as lawmakers continue high-stakes talks on President Biden's agenda. Speaker Nancy Pelosi delayed a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill after Democrats failed to unite behind it yesterday. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and CBS News congressional correspondent Kris Van Cleave join CBSN with the latest developments.
Congress is hoping to hold a final vote on a bill to fund the government Thursday. It would temporarily prevent federal agencies from shutting down but would not address the need to extend the government's ability to borrow money. CBS News' Skyler Henry, Politico's national political correspondent Meridith McGraw and The Washington Post's national political reporter Eugene Scott join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with more on the debt ceiling battle and how the White House is trying to save President Biden's domestic agenda.
The House has voted to pass a measure that would suspend the debt ceiling through mid-December of 2022, and the bill now goes to the Senate. Meanwhile, time is running out to avert a government shutdown. Failure to do so would impact multiple agencies and leave thousands of federal employees furloughed. CBS News congressional correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports on the latest from Capitol Hill. Then Siobhan Hughes, a congressional reporter for the Wall Street Journal, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss that and more.
The president needs all 50 Democrats to vote for his expansion of social spending.
President Biden met with Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on his infrastructure and social safety-net bills as a possible government shutdown looms. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia jiang, USA Today White House correspondent Courntey Subramanian, and Politico congressional reporter Nicholas Wu join "Red and Blue" host and CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe on "Red and Blue" with details.
