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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 Biden reverses Trump policies on climate change, coronavirus Related Bumping Senator Mitch McConnell to...

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 is a catch. In the Senate in recent decades, the filibuster has morphed from the long-winded speeches...

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 house during campaign 1992, the lincoln bedroom in the evening featured an hour and a half discussion...

Bill, for example? what's the impact on the negotiations? >> the impact is compromise has become a dirty word. you're 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 don't want you to work together and you're punished both in washington and back home for having the idea of working with the other side. >> so -- >> so. i'm sorry. i beg your parten. >> you first. >> mine is ...

Compromise. he would be a great compromiser. but what's 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, you're exactly right to invoke bob michael of illinois, who was for many years the living counterpoint in a much more gentle era to tip o'neil as the democratic speaker. we have this for just joining us, for those viewers tuning in to see the pope's address before...