What a Biden Presidency Could Still Accomplish With a GOP-Controlled Senate
Even with an obstructionist GOP Senate, there’s a lot a Democratic White House could do
Though nothing is official yet, the odds look good that Joe Biden will win the presidency when all the votes are counted. At the same time, the odds that Democrats will seize control of the Senate are vanishingly low. Should Biden win, a continued GOP Senate would hamper the new Biden presidency and likely force him to table policies on the progressive wish list in favor of infrequent bipartisan legislative wins and an executive order-centric term similar to what we saw in Obama’s second term.
Even so, there’s a lot a President Biden could still do in his first 100 days. Below, a brief overview of what we might expect to see:
Get Covid under control and make a plan for vaccine distribution
The most pressing issue for Biden would surely be a Covid-19 pandemic that’s already killed over 230,000 Americans. A Biden White House would need to implement a new nationwide plan for dealing with the coronavirus, and fortunately, he appears up to that job: He’s already released a pandemic response blueprint that includes doubling the number of testing sites in the U.S…
