Congressional Democrats planned to spend much of this year promoting the significant accomplishments passed under the Biden administration, conducting a campaign blitz across the country to talk about universal preschool, free community college, monthly child tax credit payments, expanded access to voting, and much more.

But Democrats, who control both the House and the Senate, could not pass much of their agenda, leaving them with little to brag about to voters and an empty legislative calendar to fill ahead of the daunting midterm elections.