White House outlines priorities for last 42 days

White House chief of staff Jeff Zients outlined the priorities for President Biden’s final days in office. Zients said to expect, as part of Biden’s investing in America agenda, more action on high-speed internet funds to states, CHIPS and Science Act incentives funding and Inflation Reduction Act funding. He also said the White House will continue to urge the Senate to confirm more judge nominees, as well as push Congress to pass disaster relief and avoid a government shutdown. Zients noted that around 98 percent of the funding legally available through legislation enacted under President Biden—including the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the $800 billion Inflation Reduction Act —have already been allocated.