President Joe Biden: “It’s good to be back”
THAT WAS PRESIDENT BIDEN’S MESSAGE TO THE POPE WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE VATICAN.
BIDEN, A DEVOUT CATHOLIC, SPOKE WITH THE POPE FOR 90 MINUTES.
THE TWO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP… BUT THIS VISIT ISN’T WITHOUT CONTROVERSY.
A GROWING NUMBER OF CONSERVATIVE CATHOLIC BISHOPS SAY PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT ABORTION RIGHTS SHOULDN’T BE ABLE TO TAKE COMMUNION.
THE PRESIDENT, WHO GOES TO WEEKLY MASS REGULARLY, HAS SAID HE IS PERSONALLY OPPOSED TO ABORTION BUT CANNOT IMPOSE HIS VIEWS AS AN ELECTED LEADER.
DESPITE THE WHITE HOUSE CLAIMING IT WOULD SEEK PRESS ACCESS, THE VATICAN ABRUPTLY DECIDED IT WOULDN’T EVEN BROADCAST THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT AS THE PAPAL PRESS OFFICE ROUTINELY DOES FOR VISITING WORLD LEADERS.
AND THEN THERE ARE THE CONTINUING ISSUES AT HOME.
BIDEN’S DOMESTIC AGENDA ONCE AGAIN ON LIFE SUPPORT AS PROGRESSIVES IN THE HOUSE SAID NO-GO TO VOTING ON THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL YESTERDAY.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal: ”I have signaled for days that we simply did not have the votes for the bipartisan bill without the other bill, the Build Back Better bill, which has 85 percent of the president’s agenda that we care deeply about.”
ANY PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT SEEMS STALLED AS BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE RECESSED UNTIL MONDAY.
STRAIGHT FROM DC I’M ANNIE ANDERSEN