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It's Monday morning. I'm Olivia Rheingold, and this is your Politico Playbook Daily Briefing.

Every week is busy when you're president, right? Well, let's just say these next two weeks are like a student's exam week or actors tech week for president

Joe Biden, meaning they're nonstop, full of events like a two-day climate summit, the expected

release of what he's calling the American Families Plan, aka part two of his infrastructure monolith,

and, you know, finding the middle ground between Democrats and the GOP on the first part of his infrastructure monolith, and, you know, finding the middle ground between Democrats and the

GOP on the first part of his infrastructure plan during one of the most partisan moments in

American history. Peachy. If you didn't get the invite, the hottest ticket in D.C. today is a

1.15 p.m. Eastern meeting with Biden to discuss his infrastructure package.

His senior staff has been taking meetings with certain congressional factions recently,

like the Problem Solvers Caucus and the New Democrat Coalition. But there's nothing quite like a

meeting with the president himself. Today, a lucky group of 10 lawmakers from both sides of the aisle

are heading to the Oval Office. All are former mayors or governors who the White House said in a

fancier way that basically these peeps get infrastructure. That group includes Senator John Hickenlooper,

a Colorado Democrat who we wouldn't judge if he took a selfie behind the desk he thought would be his.

In almost every regard, this journey has been more exciting and more rewarding than I ever imagined.

Although, of course, I did imagine a very different conclusion.

Don't they always, John?

Anyway, Senator Mitt Romney also snagged an invite.

He's one of ten Republicans we're calling the G10,

who have promised to introduce an infrastructure counteroffer,

to which White House press sect Jen Socky more or less said last week,

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