Biden has shown some real aptitude and surprising people with his ability to get certain things done. One of the biggest problems that he ran into is that he was so good at convincing cinema and mansion and the more moderate democratic senators to back him on the american rescue plan, that i think it created unrealistic expectation. And we're getting the volume of legislation that i think you wld xpect from a 50 50 senate, which is not that much.
Build Back Blunders, and other presidential misadventures.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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