Biden Rushes to Rescue Agenda as Democrats Splinter on Cost

President Joe Biden and his aides scrambled Wednesday to break a deadlock among Democrats that has stalled progress on his economic plans as the White House and Congress stare down deadlines to keep the government running and avoid a default.

Biden canceled a planned trip to Chicago to step up attempts to strike a compromise between warring progressive and moderate Democrats whose differences over the size and scope of a tax and spending bill worth as much as $3.5 trillion threaten to sink his entire economic agenda.

WATCH: A federal government shutdown seems to have been averted.

Surveillance: Early Edition.” (Source: Bloomberg)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer met with ...