Democrats face daunting hurdles despite promising start
| President Biden and Democratic leaders face daunting hurdles as they fight to preserve a fragile bipartisan coalition crucial to the success of Biden’s legacy-defining economic agenda.
Party leaders are treading a minefield as they seek to adopt both a massive infrastructure bill with Republican support, and a second, even larger Democratic package expanding social benefits and environmental programs demanded by liberals — all without spooking moderate Democrats leery of deficit spending. Losing any one of those groups would likely sink the entire project. |
