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of job. 61% approve the approach to governing with the essential job function there and issues essential to republicans attacks against biden and down ballot democrats light dealing with violence and crime. 56% of those polled approved of president biden. it s not an accident as white house chief of staff klain aknowledged on this program last friday. the job he promised the american people he would do, repair the divisions, govern and get work done in washington. just in the last hour meeting one on one with republican senator capito to talk infrastructure, what the the white house sees as the surest path to save the democracy from the clutches of the gop. and politically it is hardly surprising that s the strategy.
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which is more closely divided than the state senate on a mart san basis, it ran into a series of points of order, and then finally democrats left and denied a quorum, which meant there weren t enough members present to passn the bill. the session expired, and so democracy was saves for a shorte period of time, but it was only a short period of time, because what will o likely happen next h theap governor will call a specl session. e governor will call a l session.