The White House is putting pressure on liberal and centrist congressional Democrats to agree on the finer points of his $2 trillion social welfare and climate spending package, but in the near term, the alternative isn’t a bigger bill.

Press secretary Jen Psaki grew defensive when asked whether President Joe Biden was confident he would have “another bite of the apple” if programs, including two years of free community college, are scrapped from this package and proposals, such as 12 weeks of paid family medical leave, get slashed.

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