Byron York's Daily Memo: 'A 50-50 Senate sucks': Senate Democrats' unfixable problem
"A 50-50 SENATE SUCKS": SENATE DEMOCRATS' UNFIXABLE PROBLEM. It appears the Biden White House and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer have finally given up on their goal of passing the giant social spending bill, known as Build Back Better, by Christmas. Continued opposition by all 50 Republicans, plus the refusal of Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to get on board, means Democrats have at most 48 votes for the bill at the moment. And you can't remake American society with 48 votes in the Senate.
The bill is stalled for a number of reasons, including a basic conflict between the Democrats' progressive wing and those lawmakers considered more moderate. But the biggest single reason for the party's failure is the most obvious: Democrats do not control a majority of seats in the Senate. It is tied between Democrats and Republicans, 50-50, and Democrats can only win on their own by corralling all 50 of their votes — no room for error — and then relying on Vice President Kamala Harris to break a tie.
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