The comments come at the end of a week that began with big expectations — but also high uncertainty — for Biden’s agenda. It wound down with the fate of that agenda still up in the air. Biden entered the Capitol on Friday with great fanfare, an entourage of nine White House aides in tow. Ultimately, he walked out empty-handed, a deadline set by Speaker Nancy Pelosi having come and gone and tensions between factions of his party still evident.

“He was trying to get both sides to understand what the reality is. But now I think there’s upset people on both sides,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) said in an interview. “I do appreciate the efforts to get both sides together but apparently, it did not work.”

Moderates expressed frustration that Biden was giving tacit approval to progressives to hold up the infrastructure package, which had passed the Senate with full Democratic support as well as the backing of 19 Republicans.