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Biden s Washington brings Democrats a pricey victory: The Note Joe Biden is very much the most powerful person in Washington : Jon Karl
Replay Video What has kept Democrats together in approving President Joe Biden s COVID-19 package is also what has kept Republicans from joining with them. That leaves Biden and his party owning and now trying to sell an enormously expensive, while also relatively popular, basket of relief measures direct payments to more than 150 million households, help with rent and mortgage payments and for the long-term unemployed, and money to states, schools and for vaccine distribution. It leaves Republicans voicing concerns about the process and the price tag. Both of those reveal truths about Biden s Washington that show Democrats their possibilities as well as their potential limits with the seesaw of power between moderates and progressives making both sides a bit wary.
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It was Friday afternoon, and President Joe Biden was on the phone with Sen. Joe Manchin, the conservative West Virginia Democrat who felt blindsided by his party leaders and now was at risk of defecting and effectively torpedoing a central pillar of the White House's domestic agenda.