All this while Democratic lawmakers are laboring to shoulder President Biden’s $3.5-trillion “Build Back Better” agenda through the House and Senate with stark opposition from Republicans. “This is a bipartisan responsibility, just as it was under my predecessor,” Biden said in a tweet. While Democrats charge ahead, Republicans — as the minority party in Congress hoping to regain control in the 2022 election — plan to sit back, watching and waiting to see if Biden and his allies can succeed against the odds, or spectacularly fail. “Since Democrats decided to go it alone, they will not get Senate Republicans’ help with raising the debt limit. Dozens of lawmakers in the Congressional Progressive Caucus are expected to vote against it if it comes ahead of the broader Biden package.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 20, 2021 19:30 UTC