{"id":200855,"date":"2021-03-12T22:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan\/"},"modified":"2021-03-12T22:24:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T19:24:00","slug":"the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  The 730-day presidency?Haunted by 2009, Democrats see delay as Republicans\u2019 plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41305c98f8d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span 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\/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan\/#Infrastructure_a_test_of_whether_Democrats_and_Biden_serious_about_bipartisanship_Republicans_say\" >Infrastructure a test of whether Democrats and Biden serious about bipartisanship, Republicans say<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan\/#%E2%80%98Same_playbook\" >\u2018Same playbook\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan\/#Delay_tactics\" >Delay tactics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan\/#%E2%80%98Dangerous_way_to_start_Congress\" >\u2018Dangerous way to start Congress\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan\/#Smallest_House_margin_since_2001\" >Smallest House margin since 2001<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan\/#%E2%80%98Pollyannaish\" >\u2018Pollyannaish\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan\/#Spots_on_the_calendar\" >Spots on the calendar<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan\/#Infrastructure_the_test\" >Infrastructure the test<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan\/#%E2%80%98Insurance_policy\" >\u2018Insurance policy\u2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-730-day-presidencyhaunted-by-2009-democrats-see-delay-as-republicans-plan\/#Jonathan_Nicholson\" >Jonathan Nicholson<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  The 730-day presidency?Haunted by 2009, Democrats see delay as Republicans\u2019 plan<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Infrastructure_a_test_of_whether_Democrats_and_Biden_serious_about_bipartisanship_Republicans_say\"><\/span>\n  Infrastructure a test of whether Democrats and Biden serious about bipartisanship, Republicans say<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000192722\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       A specter stalks Democrats on Capitol Hill:  the possibility of a two-year, effectively 730-day presidency for Joe Biden should Republicans win the House in 2022 and gain the power to block major legislation afterwards.<\/p>\n<p> Republicans have only heightened that worry early in the 117th Congress by engaging in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of delaying actions reminding Democrats of 2009, when they tried to get bipartisan support for an economic rescue package and a health care overhaul, only to be rebuffed<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       Democrats have not forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that is their cynical calculation. What they have not counted on is Democrats have learned from what Republicans did back in 2009,\u201d Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, told MarketWatch in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, in an interview on CNN, said Democrats tried without success then to reach out to Republican moderates, like Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, we made a big mistake in 2009 and \u201910. Susan\u00a0Collins\u00a0was part of that mistake,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Same_playbook\"><\/span>\u2018Same playbook\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>In 2009, Democrats emerged from the election with 56 seats and two independents, Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman, who caucused with them. In April of that year, Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Specter switched parties, giving Democrats 59 votes. That July, after months of legal challenges, Al Franken was finally seated, giving the party a filibuster-proof 60 vote supermajority. <\/p>\n<p>Despite that margin, and control of both the House and the White House, Democrats\u2019 big accomplishments in Barack Obama\u2019s administration were limited to the stimulus bill, the health care overhaul and the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory revamp, all of which were enacted in 2009 and 2010. Scott Brown\u2019s election in February 2010 and Republican unity in filibustering most other initiatives in the Senate thwarted other priorities until the House flipped in the 2010 elections.<\/p>\n<p> Van Hollen said Republicans are using the same tactics as they did back then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had the same playbook. They used the Senate to drag out the recovery bill, to reduce the size of the recovery bill. And then, after all that, not a single House Republican voted for it. And then Republicans collectively complained that the recovery wasn\u2019t fast enough when they first cut the amount of recovery relief and then opposed it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Delay_tactics\"><\/span>Delay tactics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>So far, Republicans have engaged in a variety of delay and stalling tactics, some new and some with precedent, seemingly aimed only at delaying things.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell threatened to filibuster the chamber\u2019s organizing resolution, delaying by weeks the transition to Democrats taking over committees. Some major nominations, despite having bipartisan support,  languished, like Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Merrick Garland until this week.<\/p>\n<p>Even day-to-day courtesies have been denied. Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, forced Senate clerks to spend nearly 11 hours reading the coronavirus aid bill last week, a process usually waived by bipartisan consent. In the House this week, Republicans have objected to usually routine bills being considered under suspension of House rules, forcing Democrats to decide if they want to have them considered under regular order, which would take hours longer, or abandon them.<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Dangerous_way_to_start_Congress\"><\/span>\u2018Dangerous way to start Congress\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Despite those moves, Republicans say 2021 is not 2009 and Democrats have not given them a chance to work with them on a bipartisan basis. And they say Democrats are making it more likely they\u2019ll lose the House by rushing ahead on a slew of initiatives on a partisan basis so early.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an incredibly dangerous way to start the Congress,\u201d Sen. Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, said at a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> conference on March 5, noting the 50-50 Senate split and the narrow margin by which Democrats hold the House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow the likelihood is that both of those margins will change in favor of Republicans in two years, but they\u2019re increasing that likelihood today by showing that they don\u2019t want what the American people said on Election Day they\u2019d like to see: \u2018we want you to work together and we\u2019re going to send a Congress as narrowly divided as we can to ensure that that h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI think they\u2019re worried about that  and I think that\u2019s one of the reasons why they\u2019re pushing as hard to get as many things done early as they can,\u201d Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, the top Republican on the House Rules Committee, told MarketWatch.<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Smallest_House_margin_since_2001\"><\/span>Smallest House margin since 2001<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Indeed, Democrats pushed through both a shell of a budget resolution and the stimulus bill in very short order, but the House also canceled a break week it had planned for members to be in their districts and will instead use it to vote on the Equal Rights Amendment ratification and two immigration bills. That will come after it voted on other bills that will likely be stalled in the Senate dealing with policing reform, gun control and unionizing workers.<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats entered the 117th Congress with 222 seats, only four more than the 218 needed need to control the chamber and the same as Republicans controlled after the 2000 election. With two members taking posts in the Biden administration, the margin is even narrower now and the average number of lost seats in a midterm elections almost guarantees Republicans will take the House in 2022.<\/p>\n<p> Add in memories of Democrats losing midterm elections in 2010 under Obama and 1994 under Bill Clinton and one could see the incentive for Democrats to speed things up.<\/p>\n<p>They deny that\u2019s their intent.<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Pollyannaish\"><\/span>\u2018Pollyannaish\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>\u201cLet me say it has nothing to do with \u201994.\u00a0It has nothing to do with [2010].\u00a0 It has to do with 2020 and 2021 and the challenges we face with COVID-19, which demand action. Systemic racism demands action.\u00a0Infrastructure investment demands action,\u201d said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer at a recent press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Hoyer said that despite the historical record on midterms, he thought Democrats would retain control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat may sound Pollyannaish,\u201d he said, adding the difference between 2020 and 2022 will be the absence of Trump on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose voters came to vote for Trump and they stuck with the Republican candidate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spots_on_the_calendar\"><\/span>Spots on the calendar<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Michael Steel, who was a spokesman for former House Speaker John Boehner when  Republicans took control of that chamber in the 2010 elections, said the Democrats took the wrong lessons from 2009.  He said Democrats risked repeating the same mistakes, which included rejecting Republican overtures on the recovery bill, fanning GOP suspicions about Democrats\u2019 willingness to compromise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe they ever canceled a recess when they were pursuing either of the impeachment efforts against President Trump, but they are doing it to pass these partisan bills,\u201d Steel told MarketWatch in an interview. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a long list of critical Democratic constituencies who felt they got left out last time around and they\u2019re clamoring to make sure that they get their spot on the calendar this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Infrastructure_the_test\"><\/span>Infrastructure the test<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>The next test, according to Republicans, will be the path Democrats decide to take on infrastructure<br \/>\n        PAVE,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/200238288\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+0.63%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       legislation. If they turn again to budget reconciliation, which would allow a bill to pass the Senate with only Democratic votes, that will confirm Republicans suspicions, they say.<\/p>\n<p>Cole, the Oklahoma Republican, said Democrats don\u2019t need to use the tactic to pass an infrastructure bill, unless they plan to include Green New Deal-type items.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, everybody goes pedal to the metal when they first get to the White House to try and get as much done as they can.  But there\u2019s a point, particularly in a 50-50 Senate and a less than 10 vote [majority] House, that you turn back to the middle and prove that you can work across the line,\u201d he said, adding that infrastructure and appropriations were two such areas.<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Insurance_policy\"><\/span>\u2018Insurance policy\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>For Van Hollen, Democrats would be foolish to not keep reconciliation at least as a backup plan for passing an infrastructure bill, even as they seek Republican cooperation. He recalled McConnell being reported as saying early in 2009 he wanted to ensure Obama was only a one-term president. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to be prepared from the start for continued Republican obstruction. And that means we have to fashion a way to get it done, through reconciliation if that\u2019s necessary. I call it an insurance policy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Even taking out that policy, though, will almost certainly be seen by Republicans as Democrats deciding to go it alone, which Steel, the former Boehner spokesman, said would be a sign of weakness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoverning as if they expect to lose the House increases the odds they lose the House,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Jonathan Nicholson\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jonathan_Nicholson\"><\/span>Jonathan Nicholson<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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