In a pair of meetings with two separate wings of the House Democratic
Caucus on Wednesday evening, President Joe Biden received mixed messages
over how to jump-start his stalled agenda, according to multiple sources
familiar with the talks.

The context: In recent weeks, as action on key Democratic priorities has
languished in Congress, progressives as well as some senior party
leaders have pushed the president to more liberally use his pen to
sidestep Congress and take executive actions to enact key campaign
promises on everything from immigration to climate to student loans. 

But that proposed strategy has caused heartburn among other Democrats,
who worry about the potential for political blowback — not to mention
concerns about those policies being rolled back the minute a Republican
president is sworn in.

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