Democrats still confronting limits of narrow majorities: The Note
ABC News
Right now, the Biden agenda is stalling because there are things Democrats can’t do even though they have 50 votes in the Senate.
The TAKE with Rick Klein
It's been a theme of 2021: Democrats frustrated with their fellow Democrats -- and even seeing members of their own party as impediments to progress.
Right now, the Biden agenda is stalling because of political math problems that fall into two main buckets: There are things Democrats can't do even though they have 50 votes in the Senate, and things they can't do because they can't get to 50.
The former category is why wrangling continues around the debt ceiling and why any agreement now will only delay difficult decisions still to come. It's also why voting-rights reform is stalled, to cite just one example that's fueling progressive and even some moderate calls to limit or eliminate the filibuster.
