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US President Joe Biden may have only two years to get things done SECTIONS US President Joe Biden may have only two years to get things doneBy Adam Jentleson, New York Times Last Updated: Jan 21, 2021, 10:17 AM IST Share Synopsis The harsh reality is that when the dust settles on the chaos and violence, Republican senators will have the same powerful incentives to deny Mr. Biden the 10 or so votes he will need, in addition to all 50 Democrats, to pass most bills in the Senate. President Joe Bid...

Democrats must kill the filibuster and make the Senate great again. By Adam Jentleson Mr. Jentleson is the author of “Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy.” Jan. 20, 2021 Under Mitch McConnell as minority leader, Senate Republicans used the filibuster to block President Barack Obama’s agenda. Credit...Damon Winter/The New York Times Bumping Senator Mitch McConnell to the minority increases Joe Biden’s odds of passing his agenda, but there i...

What they say now is true. all the class and dignity and sophistication but they never reported on him this way when he was president. heather: you interviewed him many times and spent time with him over the years, what do you make of this idea that he was a great compromiser, there was more bipartisanship than, do you think he works well with democrats? what do you make of his legacy in that respect? >> i had one of the greatest honors of my life, i was invited to spend the night in the white h...

Bill, for example? whats the impact on the negotiations? >> the impact is compromise has become a dirty word. youre punished for working with the other side. you have people in washington, a very small group of people who would like to work together and get things done, but for the most part, the people in the leadership, especially and the people driving the train down the tracks, they dont want you to work together and youre punished both in washington and back home for having the idea of work...

Compromise. he would be a great compromiser. but whats coming now is he knows he has to compromise to keep the government open. that means cut iting a deal wit nancy pelosi, who is tough as nails. she will exact something in terms of domestic spending and even a military spending to get that short-term extension of the cr. >> chris, youre exactly right to invoke bob michael of illinois, who was for many years the living counterpoint in a much more gentle era to tip oneil as the democratic speake...

Said hes a great compromiser, just like ronald reagan. lets watch this argument with matt lauer. >> will you bring that brand of no compromise to the white house if youre elected? >> matt, let me disagree with the premise. ive never said i wont compromise. in fact from day one, when i was elected, i want my attitude on compromise is exactly the same as ronald reagan. reagan said what do you do if they offer half a loaf? answer, you take it and then come back for more. >> shortly after you were e...

To defend gains that we have made in health care, im going to defend gains that we have made on environment and clean air and clean water. >> if the president single handedly makes republicans the party of no. democrats just lost big midterm elections, and here president obama, the great compromiser supposedly, and he comes out and says im going to block stuff, im going to block what i dont like. good strategy or awful strategy? >> its an awful strategy, theres been threats, threats threats, you...

Made in health care, im going to defend gains that we have made on environment and clean air and clean water. >> if the president single handedly makes republicans the party of no. democrats just lost big midterm elections, and here president obama, the great compromiser supposedly, and he comes out says im going to block stuff, im going to block what i dont like. good strategy or awful strategy? >> its an awful strategy, theres been threats, threats threats, you said it makes the democrats the ...

We just had an election in november, a resounding narrative, now veto it. >> they can get through keystone pipeline, some really unpopular parts of obamacare like medical device tax, even harry reid was questioning and now the president is making it known he doesnt care about the last election, he probably doesnt care about 2016. >> i thought he was supposed to be the great compromiser. his attitude is amazing after such big losses how you can come in and i know you have been arguing but dont yo...

Harry truman -- >> what were the revisions with reagan? >> what are the good revisions or bad revisions? >> the revisions of his policies as he looked back on them -- >> mika, i guess what mika is -- chuck -- >> the idea he was a great compromiser. he was a compromiser as long as he could get 80%. thats how he typically compromised in sacramento and in washington, is that he was just this happy go lucky guy, is that this is a man who fought for everything he ever achieved in his life, he had to ...