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Biden steps out of the room and finds legacy-defining wins [BARF]
The Associated Press ^ | August 7, 2022 | By SEUNG MIN KIM and ZEKE MILLER

Posted on 08/07/2022 6:53:58 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over five decades in Washington, Joe Biden knew that the way to influence was to be in the room where it happens. But in the second year of his presidency, some of Biden’s most striking, legacy-defining legislative victories came about by staying out of it.

A summer lawmaking blitz has sent bipartisan bills addressing gun violence and boosting the nation’s high-tech manufacturing sector to Biden’s desk, and the president is now on the cusp of securing what he called the “final piece” of his economic agenda with the sudden resurrection of a Democrats-only climate and prescription drug deal. And in a counterintuitive turn for the president who has long promoted his decades of Capitol Hill experience, Biden’s aides chalk up his victories to the fact that he’s been publicly playing the role of cheerleader rather than legislative quarterback.

Democrats and the White House hope the run of legislative victories, both bipartisan and not, just four months before the November elections will help resuscitate their political fortunes by showing voters what they can accomplish with even the slimmest of majorities.

In the estimation of many of his aides and advisers, leaving the Senate behind was key to his subsequent success. The heightened expectations for Democrats, who hold precarious majorities in Congress but nonetheless have unified control of Washington, were dragging Biden down among his supporters who wanted more ambitious action.

The sometimes unsavory horse-trading required to win consensus often put the president deep in the weeds and short on inspiration. And the dramatic negotiating breakdowns on the way to an ultimate deal proved to be all the more tantalizing because Biden himself was a party to the talks.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; brandon; democrats; election2022; journalism; marxism; media; mediabias; press; senate; seungminkim; zekemiller
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1 posted on 08/07/2022 6:53:58 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Boy the press is trying desperately to pump this old geezer up.


2 posted on 08/07/2022 6:55:38 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He’s gotta legacy alright.


3 posted on 08/07/2022 6:56:17 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

4 posted on 08/07/2022 6:57:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Let’s see how well these lies play in November.....


5 posted on 08/07/2022 6:57:44 AM PDT by G Larry (Anybody notice that Satan is hard at work?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They can’t even muster a straight face to make these claims unless they’ve got ol’ Joe safely locked away.


6 posted on 08/07/2022 6:59:12 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: HighSierra5

“Boy the press is trying desperately to pump this old geezer up”

You should have heard NPR this morning, Biden’s winning, Biden’s winning the Dems have hope for the midterms.


7 posted on 08/07/2022 7:00:48 AM PDT by nomorelurker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The dumb old bass turd stepped out of “da room” and let Soros and his butt boy, Obammie run the show. The idiots here loved it.


8 posted on 08/07/2022 7:02:29 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The House is supposed to represent the people, not the friggin' Federal government. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Meanwhile, media members are facing surgery to free up their lips, which are becoming permanently stuck to Biden’s backside.


9 posted on 08/07/2022 7:03:09 AM PDT by Roadrunner383 (;)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It's off to Delaware again where he will vacation with his wife.

His legacy...the gas pump and grocery store...He's destroyed the economy.

10 posted on 08/07/2022 7:06:04 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I have this terrible feeling in my gut that any country who wished to do harm to the USA will do so before 2024.

It may not be a 9/11 style attack but some other type of event that is beyond our ability to control.

We are at our weakest point in decades IMO, whatever deterrence the USA has is being eroded rapidly.

We have inflation and a floundering economy teetering on the edge of a major recession with countries actively plotting to end the US Dollar’s role at the World’s Reserver Currency.

Saudi Arabia treated Biden like a rug and walked over him openly mocking him to the world.

Just think, if you are China, why not take Taiwan before 2024, they have open stated that Taiwan belongs to China and will unify it with force if necessary.

If you are Iran, the only thing stopping your from showing the world you have a nuclear bomb is the threat from Israel, the US in the mind of the Mullahs is led by a demented old man who poses little to no danger.

Our enemies have to consider how weak the US is right now and take advantage of it, because they can’t believe their good fortune and need to act before the country wises up and replaces him.


11 posted on 08/07/2022 7:07:19 AM PDT by srmanuel (C)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Where does the Associated Presstitutes find these Contortionist “Journolists” that can “Bend Over For Biden” so incredibly far?


12 posted on 08/07/2022 7:11:53 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

After reading things like this, it feels like have been transported back in time to Woodstock and I took the brown acid.


13 posted on 08/07/2022 7:13:14 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey ( I wiIl not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own!i)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Red wave is history. More like a red puddle now, unfortunately.


14 posted on 08/07/2022 7:13:48 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Americans are the big LOSERS with Jo Jo the Pedophile Clown’s “Big Wins”. They’re going to pay for his “wins” bigtime.


15 posted on 08/07/2022 7:19:06 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The House is supposed to represent the people, not the friggin' Federal government. )
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None of these things were particularly important to the majority of Americans even if one wanted to count them as “wins”.


16 posted on 08/07/2022 7:19:10 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If the ap keeps this fawning up, they might get monkeypox


17 posted on 08/07/2022 7:20:39 AM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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To: G Larry

Let’s see how well these lies play in November.....

I’m predicting right now, when the read wave arrives in the Fall Midterms, the MSM will label the electorate as “ungrateful”, “misinformed”, “extremist”, “selfish”, and wait-for-it, “due to Russian disinformation).


18 posted on 08/07/2022 7:22:02 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hey Ass Press, it’s still the economy stupid.


19 posted on 08/07/2022 7:22:34 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

there good at making something out of nothing. This deviant criminal family and the puppeteers the rino GOP and the rats working the strings are killing America


20 posted on 08/07/2022 7:45:41 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (nwo )
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