President Biden is bearing down on a national crisis that could make radical policy acceptable to the public, but Senate guardrails are in the way.

Two Senate Democrats struck a blow to Biden’s liberal agenda by vowing this week to uphold the legislative filibuster. Those promises seem to have kneecapped liberal calls to nuke the longtime Senate rule that requires most bills to pass 60 votes. The senators were adamant.

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