President Biden calls out Senate holdouts as legislative agenda stalls

October 23, 2021, 2:47 AM

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President Joe Biden addresses ongoing talks surrounding his multitrillion dollar social spending plan during a CNN town hall in Baltimore on Thursday night. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joined CBSN to discuss the president's remarks regarding Senate holdouts Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

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