⚡ Punchbowl News Special Edition: The CEOs Biden is meeting with tomorow

BY JOHN BRESNAHAN, ANNA PALMER AND JAKE SHERMAN
WITH MAX COHEN AND CHRISTIAN HALL

NEWS: President Joe Biden is hosting 10 CEOs and corporate leaders at the White House tomorrow to talk about the Build Back Better Act. Here’s the list:

→ GM’s Mary Barra

→ Salesforce’s Marc Benioff

→ TIAA’s Thasunda Brown Duckett

→ Ford’s Jim Farley 

→ Siemens’ Barbara Humpton 

→ Cummins’ Tom Linebarger

→ HP’s Enrique Lores

→ Etsy’s Josh Silverman

→ Microsoft’s Brad Smith

→ Corning’s Wendell Weeks

Attending from the White House: Biden, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo; National Economic Council Director Brian Deese; Jennifer Klein, co-chair and executive director of the White House Gender Policy Council; Gina McCarthy, the national climate adviser; Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice and Cedric Richmond, the director of the Office of Public Engagement. 

The BBB has been stuck in neutral since mid December, due to Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.Va.) opposition. The White House sees this as an opportunity to breathe some new life into the effort. They face stiff headwinds.

Here’s what a White House official said about the meeting: 

“As the President said last week, he is going to fight for his economic plan for the middle class, which includes Build Back Better. The President will meet with CEOs who support passing Build Back Better to discuss the ways his Build Back Better agenda will make the U.S. economy more competitive, increase worker productivity and workforce participation, lower inflation over the long-term, and strengthen business growth. The private sector leaders will highlight what they see as the key benefits of BBB for the American economy and American business.”

Stay tuned, we’ll be sending our PM edition soon.