Biden complained of being blamed for congressional inaction, claiming there are two senators who ‘vote more with my Republican friends.’
President Joe Biden on Tuesday appeared to lash out at Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for their moderate voting records and willingness to buck the rest of their caucus on key issues, a rare swipe at members of his own party as the Senate is set to consider a number of contentious but major pieces of legislation likely to be filibustered.... [+]
100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre on June 01, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. President Biden stopped in Tulsa to commemorate the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre. May 31st of this year marks the centennial of when a white mob started looting, burning and murdering in Tulsa's Greenwood neighborhood, then known as Black Wall Street, killing up to 300 people and displacing thousands more.
But all of those bills, broadly supported by Democrats but opposed by most Republicans, would require at least 10 GOP votes to overcome the Senate filibuster and pass.
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