they were trying to do it through this process where they could pass it on a simple majority vote. they don t even have buy-in from all 50 democrats in the senate. so can they do some of the big ticket items like child care, expanding health care as separate stand alone bills? it s not even clear the senate rules would allow for that. so if he isn t able to get a fill lpillar of his economic agenda passed, that would be a big blow, because it would signal the infrastructure compromise was going to be his biggest accomplishment, and there may not be much he can do, especially in an election year, because lawmakers start focusing on their re-election campaign and less on the business of capitol hill. i want to get to harry reid, the tributes continue to pour in on someone who was a pivotal