Biden Hopes to Work Out Infrastructure Deal This Week

Biden Hopes to Work Out Infrastructure Deal This Week

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The video discusses President Biden's budget package, focusing on recent meetings with key figures like Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer. It highlights the progress made and the challenges remaining, particularly in areas like Medicare expansion and tax credits. The urgency of upcoming deadlines, such as the surface transportation funding expiration and political events like COP26 and the Virginia gubernatorial election, is emphasized.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who did President Biden meet with over the weekend to discuss the budget package?

The Governor of New Jersey

Mark Crumpton and David

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre

Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one of the unresolved issues in the budget package?

The appointment of a new Deputy Press Secretary

The date for the next gubernatorial election

The scale of a Medicare expansion

The location of the next meeting

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is President Biden hoping to achieve by the end of the week?

A new Deputy Press Secretary

A finalized budget package

A successful gubernatorial election in New Jersey

A new economic agenda

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the significance of the October 31st deadline?

Surface transportation funding runs out

It marks the end of the fiscal year

It is the date of the Virginia gubernatorial election

It is the deadline for the COP26 summit

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is needed to pass the bipartisan infrastructure deal?

A vote from the Speaker of the House

A new tax proposal

A framework and trust between moderates and progressives

Approval from the Senate Majority Leader