“Why is it a democrats is pleading with Biden on this and Republicans are just whistling past the graveyard?”
Because the Republicans aren’t wasting their time trying to deal with a White House that considers them sub-human.
So we’re just going to sit and take $6 /gallon gasoline and wait until 2022/2023 before Best case scenario we win the house back and can only then start negotiating with the minority libs?