By Xander Landen
Newsweek
October 4, 2021
The past week was tough for President Joe Biden. Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t make it any easier.
Biden’s legislative agenda, including a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and a sprawling $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package, stalled after Democrats failed to reach an agreement on the larger piece of legislation, which includes funding for a variety of social programs.
Earlier in the week, lawmakers grilled military leaders over the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan, and one contradicted a statement the president made last month claiming that advisers did not tell him to keep a small military presence in the country.