Mar. 9, 2023: Biden lays budget bait for Republicans

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🗓️ 9 March 2023

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It’s the day all of D.C. has been waiting for with bated breath. Around noon, President Joe Biden will release his proposed federal budget. No one in the White House seriously believes that Congress will adopt it in its current form. In private, administration officials readily admit that they know it’s not going anywhere. So why does it matter? Beyond the obvious implications for governing, we’re told it’ll constitute the crux of Biden’s pitch as he’s expected to launch his reelection campaign in the near future. (We’re sure it’s purely coincidental that he’ll be unveiling the budget in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania.) It’s a messaging exercise. And as such, the White House sees no downside whatsoever to throwing out things that will never pass the Republican-controlled House. The fight is the point. Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter Raghu Manavalan is the host and senior editor of POLITICO's Playbook Daily Briefing.Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Sponsored by Amazon.
0:03.1	Good morning, Playbookers. I'm Rogumonovalin.
0:06.7	It's budget day in D.C. Plus, Norfolk Southern CEO heads to Congress.
0:12.3	Here are the big things we're watching on Thursday, March 9th.
0:16.1	A quick note, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was hospitalized after tripping and falling during a private
0:22.2	dinner on Wednesday night. A McConnell spokesperson said in a statement, he has been admitted to the
0:27.7	hospital where he is receiving treatment. A little bit of background here, McConnell, who
0:32.4	battled polio as a child and eventually regained full use of his paralyzed left leg, has been known to struggle with climbing stairs,
0:40.3	as he told the Associated Press back in 2020. In August of 2019, he fractured his shoulder after tripping and falling on his patio.
0:50.3	As Politico's, Tanya Snyder reports in this morning's playbook, Norfolk Southern CEO, Alan Shaw,
0:56.4	plans to apologize to the Senate for the East Palestine wreck.
1:00.1	According to testimony, he plans to deliver before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
1:05.7	As Tonya writes, though Norfolk Southern announced a handful of safety improvements earlier this week, and the railroad
1:11.9	industry as a whole announced more on Wednesday, they are narrowly tailored to the specific
1:17.4	cause suspected in the February 3 derailment, an overheating wheel.
1:22.5	As such, they aren't likely to satisfy lawmakers from both parties who are eager to see wholesale changes,
1:29.0	such as mandating crew sizes, increasing penalties that can be levied for bad behavior,
1:34.0	and requiring railroads to install better breaks.
1:40.9	It's the day all of D.C. has been waiting for with bated breath.
1:45.3	Around noon, President Joe Biden will release his proposed federal budget.
1:50.2	It's worth noting that no one in the White House seriously believes that it will pass
1:54.2	to Congress in its current form.
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