Chocolate chip diplomacy: Biden courts Congress with gusto

FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden, accompanied by from left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Mark Takano, D-Calif., Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., and Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., speaks during a meeting with members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Executive Committee at the White House in Washington. The outreach to Congress is nothing new for presidents, but Biden is a veteran of Capitol Hill who knows how to tap the desire of even the most partisan legislators to legislate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FILE - In this April 19, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden meets with, from left, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., and other members of congress to discuss his jobs plan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The outreach to Congress is nothing new for presidents, but Biden is a veteran of Capitol Hill who knows how to tap the desire of even the most partisan legislators to legislate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)