eolesen wrote:At 73, it wouldn't surprise me if he were to call it a day when his term expires in 2024, so he doesn't necessarily need to vote as though his re-election depends on it.
A West Virginia Senator retiring before he turns 90 or dies in office? You're kidding right?
I would be stunned if he chose to retire. He's just reaching the height of his power in the Senate. Probably at least two more terms to go.
Think of Biden as you would LBJ. He has a masterful command of Senate procedure and probably has more political capital from his time in Congress than any President *EVER*. His nearest comparables are LBJ (11 years in the Senate) and James Buchanan (also 11 years). He has them both covered three times over.
Mark my words ... This plan is going to get passed and unless there's a counter proposal that really has some weight it's going to sail through almost certainly in very much the same form we are seeing right now.
In Amtrak's history this plan will stand as a counter point to the "Carter Cuts". Call it the "Biden Trains Plan" (the bill is known as the "American Jobs Plan"). Another name could be "The Great Restoration" ... Because frankly it is absolutely nothing short of that.
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