A group of 11 senators — five Democrats and six Republicans including Democratic Sens....
Joe Biden delivers a speech after being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 20, 2021. On certain issues in Washington, compromise may well be impossible. But on others, the conventional narrative on social media and cable television — namely that the two parties are at impossible loggerheads — misconstrues the reality.
The desire to keep the nation healthy has long had bipartisan support. Worried about the spread of disease as World War II neared an end — recall that the United States endured a horrific pandemic in the closing months of World War I — Congress passed in 1944, and President Franklin Roosevelt subsequently signed, the Public Health Service Act, establishing the federal government’s quarantine authority.
At issue today is whether President Biden will use that power, as he should. The Biden administration has set May 23 as the date when the Title 42 provision that President Trump invoked two years ago, when COVID-19 first emerged as a threat to the nation’s public health, will be lifted.
This is a case where White House officials would do well to re-read the president’s inaugural address — and specifically the sections about uniting a divided country. According to a recentby Morning Consult and Politico, a majority of U.S. voters support keeping the protections at the border. But just as important, a group of 11 senators — five Democrats and six Republicans including Democratic Sens.
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