Biden town hall live updates: Biden expresses optimism about deal on expansive domestic policy agenda

“If in fact I get myself into at this moment the debate on the filibuster, I lose three, at least three, votes right now to get what I have to get done on the economic side of the equation, the foreign policy side of the equation,” Biden said. (The president then paused to gently address an audience member who was shaking his head: “Let me tell you something, Jack, it’s the truth.”)