I think Jeff Greenfield, alas, is right: It s hard to expect an FDR or LBJ level of transformative change from President Biden when Biden has neither the congressional majorities those presidents had nor the support of key Republicans (or any Republicans, for that matter).
In 1933, FDR had won a huge popular and electoral landslide, after which he had a three-to-one Democratic majority in the House and a 59-vote majority in the Senate. Similarly, LBJ in 1964 had won a massive popular and electoral vote landslide, along with a Senate with 69 Democrats and a House with 295..
Further, both Roosevelt and Johnson had crucial Republican allies. In the 1930’s, GOP Senators Robert LaFollette and Frank Norris were ardent advocates for organized labor. In the ‘60s, Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen gave LBJ crucial help in getting his civil rights agenda passed. When Medicare became law in 1965, it passed with 70 Republican votes in the House and 13 GOP votes in the Senate. In today
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âI Came Across a Guy Who Was Sitting on the Curb With a Guitarâ
A Clash singalong, running an errand before the big fight and more reader tales of New York City in this weekâs Metropolitan Diary.
July 11, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET
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Dear Diary:
I was walking to the East Village from my apartment in the West Village. I had $10 to my name and was hungry for Indian food.
Just past Washington Square Park, I came across a guy who was sitting on the curb with a guitar. He had a hat turned upside down with a few coins in it. He was between songs and had on a faded gray T-shirt that said âThe Clashâ in letters that were barely legible.