Republican senators who looked poised to fight tooth and nail on Thursday instead went quietly and softly, opting instead to speed up a vote, pass the deal, and get out of town.
for congressional achievements is a core element of the job, but spinning outcomes and claiming victory can sometimes be even more essential.
Biden would like nothing more than for the narrative to be that he outsmarted McCarthy and Republicans. He would love a protracted battle in the Senate where conservatives take turns on the floor slamming the deal and crying that Biden got the better of them. Ultimately, the more the GOP complains about this agreement, the longer Republican senators draw out the inevitable conclusion, the better for Biden and Democrats and the worse for McCarthy and Republicans.
And that decision seems to have helped. After 149 of 222 Republicans in the House voted for the legislation on Wednesday, 17 Republicans in the Senate voted for it, too, sending the bill to Biden’s desk well in advance of a default. But with the legislation through Congress, Biden and other Democrats may go on the offensive about how much they think they rolled Republicans—even if the truth isMinutes after the bill passed, the White House announced that Biden would address the nation on Friday from the Oval Office about averting a default.
As a White House official told The Daily Beast Thursday night after the Senate passed the bill: "Do what works best not what feels best."
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