Biden concedes Build Back Better plan likely won't pass before Christmas deadline

President Joe Biden conceded Congress will likely not pass a $1.85 trillion social welfare and green energy bill that is central to his administration’s agenda this year.

“I had a productive call with Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer earlier today,” Biden said in a White House statement Thursday. “I briefed them on the most recent discussions that my staff and I have held with Sen. [Joe] Manchin about Build Back Better.”