"Everybody is frustrated," Biden says amid Democratic in-fighting over his agenda

President Joe Biden on Saturday acknowledged frustrations as Democrats strain to rescue a scaled-back version of his $3.5 trillion government-overhaul plan and salvage a related public works bill after frantic negotiations failed to produce a deal.

"Everybody is frustrated. That's part of being in government," Mr. Biden told reporters before leaving the White House for a weekend stay at his home in Wilmington, Delaware. He pledged to "work like hell" to get the two pillars of his domestic agenda passed into law, but refrained from laying out a new deadline.

The bottom line: Mr. Biden will need more time to push the bills across the finish line.