Washington: The White House has taken water this week with President Joe Biden facing provocations from North Korea and Russia, stubborn inflation and setbacks on voting rights and fighting against Covid pandemics.
On Friday, in an effort to repair the ship, Biden held an event to call a giant plan to rebuild the country’s destruction infrastructure.
“The government has made the main progress to implement the largest long-term investment in infrastructure and competitiveness in America in almost a century,” the White House said.
On November 15, in the middle of a large fanfare, Biden signed a bill calling for $ 1.2 trillion to repair bridges and roads, changing unhealthy lead water pipes, building electric vehicle charging networks, and expanded broadband internet.
By his side is a Senator of the cinema who smiles Kirator.
On Thursday, Senator Democrats from Arizona, in his speech on the Senate floor, incised the efforts of the 79-year-old President to impose voting laws designed to protect minority voters.
To pass the bill, Democrats need support from cinema to change the Senate rules that require 60 sound supermajorities to bring the law to the floor.
Democrats only have 50 seats in the Senate 100 members and without cinema register to get rid of rules known as refined filibusters.
Biden personally invested many of his political capital in trying to get a vote rights bill passed, a warning in a pair of speeches that democracy in danger and hit on his predecessor Donald Trump and Republicans in general.
Biden accepted another blow on Thursday when the Supreme Court who was dominated by conservatives hit the mandate of vaccination and testing for large businesses.
On the same day, his national security adviser acknowledged that despite US diplomatic efforts, Russia continued to pose a threat to Ukraine.
And on Friday, North Korea conducted a third missile test this year, triggered his nose in the United States even when Washington imposes new sanctions.
A terrible week is a reminder that Biden, who served a year ago with ambitious promises, has very little space to maneuver.
As shown by cinema, the control of his senate is tenuous, and the Supreme Court has taken a hard turn to the right.
On the front of the economy, inflation was at its peak since 1982 and the shelves were very empty in several supermarkets in the midst of supply chain problems.
And then there is covid.
There is a lack of testing kits, hospitalization is at a high record and rampant omicron variant.
In the latest polls from the University of Quinnipiac, only 33 percent of those surveyed said they agreed to Biden’s work.
Other polls have a slightly higher rating, around 42 percent.
Press Secretary Jen PSAKI took a half full approach from the White House podium.
“Let me give you a little about different things about this,” PSAKI told reporters.
“More than 200 million people are vaccinated.
We have recorded work growth, recorded a low unemployment rate.” We have rebuilt our alliances and our relationship throughout the world, “he said.” But we also recognize when you have a child.
Margin and threshold in the Senate, it is very difficult to resolve something and for legislation passed.
“Our efforts are doing difficult things, try things that are difficult, and keep doing it,” he said.
“We can of course propose laws to see if people support rabbits and ice cream, but it will not be very beneficial for the American people.”