'Partisan' and 'Divisive': Biden's Signature Legislation in Jeopardy Because of Democrat Opposition
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- Joe Biden has called June
a month of action on Capitol Hill.
But as senators return today,
much of his signature legislationis in danger of failing
thanks to some centrist Democrats.
And it means the For the People Act,
the massive elections reform package
Democrats have proposed, won't pass,
and the filibuster likelywill prevent other legislation
like gun control and the Equality Act
from even making it to theSenate floor for a vote.
The infrastructure billis still bogged down,
with both sides divided overtraditional infrastructure
and so-called people infrastructure
like paid leave and childcare.
The president is pointing the finger
at Democratic Senators JoeManchin of West Virginia
and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona
for the lack of progress on his agenda.
- I hear all the folks on TV saying,
"Why doesn't Biden get this done?"
Well, because Biden only has a majority
of effectively four votes in the House
and a tie in the Senate, withtwo members of the Senate
who vote more with my Republican friends.
- [Dale] Manchin came outagainst the For the People Act
this weekend, calling it too divisive.
- And I've voted in a bipartisan way
in the last 10 years of the Senate,
so I'm doing what I have always done.
Let's unite this country.
We don't need to be divided any further.
- [Dale] Manchin wrotein a home state newspaper
that the voting bill was aboutseeking partisan advantage.
He's now under attackby the progressive wing
of his own party, withCongressman Mondaire Jones
tweeting that "Manchin'sop-ed might as well be titled,
'Why I'll vote to preserve Jim Crow.'"
Frustrated progressive want todo away with the filibuster,
but Manchin and Sinema saythey won't support such a move.
Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump
returned to the political stage Saturday,
delivering a speech at the North Carolina
Republican Party state convention,
saying America is going backward
under the leadership of Joe Biden
and suggesting he could berunning for president again.
- And we're going to lay the groundwork
for making sure thatRepublicans once again carry
the great state of North Carolina
in a number, a year, that Ilook very much forward to, 2024.
- Trump also addressed new evidence
COVID-19 was created in a Chinese lab,
saying China should paythe countries of the world
a minimum of $10 trillion for the damage.
Dale Hurd, CBN News.