WASHINGTON — On the eve of President Biden's first press conference in 10 months, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stepped to the briefing room podium on Tuesday and referred to the television screen over her shoulder that detailed what she described as the administration's year-one accomplishments — 6.4 million jobs created; the unemployment rate below 4%; 75% of the country vaccinated against COVID-19 and 95% of schools now open.
When the president steps into the East Room Wednesday afternoon for just the second press conference since taking office, he'll talk, Psaki said, about "how to build on the foundation we laid in the first year."
The one-year milepost, historically, is a pivot point for presidents, the natural transition from fighting to enact their agenda to selling it to voters ahead of the November midterm elections. But Biden's first-year agenda remains incomplete, to the frustration of his aides, Democratic activists and a weary public.
