HILL ENERGY BRIEFING: Biden Drives to Clinch Economic Bill

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President Joe Biden and fellow Democrats are racing to reach agreement on a scaled-back version of his economic agenda, with a self-imposed deadline and his departure later this weekfor summits in Europe intensifying pressure on negotiations.Biden met yesterday with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, who has used his pivotal vote in the 50-50 Senate to force hisparty to shrink what had been a $3.5 trillion plan for social spending and measures to address climate change.