President-elect Joe Biden will get the Democratic Congress he sought after his party's stunning success in Georgia, but his expansive legislative agenda on issues such as healthcare and climate change cannot be assured a smooth ride. Wins by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff for the state's two U.S. Senate…
As Democrats prepare to assume total political power in Washington in the wake of twin Georgia Senate wins, the most progressive among them in Congress see an opening to pursue a policy agenda that would have been largely shelved had the state broke for the GOP. Among the most immediate objectives is an expanded COVID-19 relief package, which Democrats broadly agree is the best way to spend their political capital. For weeks, officials have.
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Slim Democratic majorities in US Congress may bind Biden
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By Susan Cornwell,
Trevor Hunnicutt
and James Oliphant / Reuters, WASHINGTON
US president-elect Joe Biden is to get the Democratic US Congress that he sought after his party’s stunning success in Georgia, but his expansive legislative agenda on issues such as healthcare and climate change cannot be assured a smooth ride.
Wins by Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff for Georgia’s two US Senate seats in runoff elections on Tuesday last week have given the party control of that chamber of Congress, in addition to the US House of Representatives and the White House.