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Key progressive initiatives stall in Congress as some on the left urge Biden to go bold, and go alone
Updated 12:04 AM ET, Sat May 22, 2021 (CNN)As President Joe Biden pursues his quest for a bipartisan legislative victory and Congress winds down before the Memorial Day holiday, some of the top legislative priorities for progressives are stalling in Washington as Democrats hopes for big bold changes collide with the limits of what Biden can achieve under a deeply divided government.
The gulf between progressive ambition and the legislative reality means there is all-but-certain friction ahead between Biden and the restive liberal wing of his party, which united behind him after he defeated Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary and marshaled their forces to help the party flip two US Senate seats in Georgia, giving Democrats control of that chamber.
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The West Virginia senator does not support his party’s top legislative priority on voting. Republicans also don’t like his preferred legislative alternat.
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