For the better part of a year, Democratic divisions have been a dominant storyline.
Moderates and progressives couldn’t come up with a deal on President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin was the poster child for progressive anger and Biden was struggling with the base and suffering politically because of it.
But that picture has started to change. The House is expected to pass a significant piece of legislation Friday and send it to Biden to sign into law. The Senate, with the help of Manchin, passed it over the weekend. It marks a few weeks of legislative successes for Democrats, as the primary season starts to turn to general elections for these midterms.
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