Senate GOP Drops Anti-Biden Strategy After Backfire

Axios reports:

Senate Republicans have quietly reversed course on trying to rebuke or embarrass the Biden White House, concerned it could help Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stay in power. House and Senate GOP leaders had been pitting Democrats against Biden with Congressional Review Act votes, which allows Congress to overturn federal government rules and regulations.

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) told Axios they were “not actually getting anything done” with the votes, but it created a situation in which Democrats “can send a message that they’re pretending to back home.” Lankford told Axios that one of his CRA resolutions — on White House policy on nursing homes — hasn’t gotten a vote because, in part, it is an easy way for vulnerable Democrats to distance themselves from Biden.

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