A Biden win would set up pitched battle with liberals over filibuster

Joe Biden has begun preparing for the transition in case he’s elected president in the fall, but his promise to champion a liberal agenda from the White House may be hindered if he faces a recalcitrant Senate.

The presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee started putting together a transition team last month, ahead of a May 3 federally mandated deadline. Yet, while the two-term vice president can pick and choose his dream administration lineup, the political realities wrought by the coronavirus pandemic and the makeup of the Senate post-November will decide whether his policy ideas will amount to more than campaign rhetoric.