TAKE with里克·克莱因
共和国总统乔·拜登试图不偏袒任何一方保持焦点在…上新冠肺炎(新型冠状病毒肺炎)部分原因是声称别无选择。
然而，民主党的分歧是真实的。这是显而易见在摆姿势的一周内最大的障碍拜登在国会山面临人事和政策方面的挑战。
一个温和的民主党人的反对占据了白宫寻求共和党的支持-至今徒劳无功-为了总统的领导的选择管理和预算办公室。
在一些民主党人中间，对一个每小时15美元的最低工资，在未来几天，这可能成为复杂的参议院程序或简单的国会数学的受害者。
埃文·武奇/美联社
乔·拜登总统谈到2021年2月22日死于新冠肺炎的50万美国人
与此同时，左翼势力一如既往地咄咄逼人推动优先权移民改革，取消学生贷款债务和消除参议院阻挠议案——两个参议院民主党人公开表示这是不可能的。
整整一年前，党内斗争正在形成民主党提名的竞争。这些战斗没有那么确定，然后当拜登获得一系列初选胜利时，他们被推迟了推动大流行内部争吵回到了优先考虑的名单上。
现在，拜登已经当选总统。他的权力可能会受到一些限制在他自己的派对里找到的。
的纲要亚里沙·威尔斯马
尽管这位前总统可能不在办公室，也没有社交媒体扩音器，但他的遗产继续渗透到立法者和美国人面临的几个重大问题中。
周一，特朗普时代的色彩随着国家超越了毁灭性的里程碑50万人冠状病毒死亡。尽管去年COVID-19病例几乎持续上升，全国各地的死亡人数也在上升，但这位前总统的公开声明经常对美国进行误导性比较。致死率同时声称事情“尽你所能得到控制”
在国会山，梅里克·加兰法官确立了他的意图到”调低音量“在司法部把它从处于“党派分歧的中心”
德鲁·安格雷尔/普尔通过路透社
司法部长提名人梅里克·加兰在众议院听证会上作证
在听证会的另一点上，加兰还指出，他“不是总统的律师”，而是“美国的律师”，并向几位基于政策的立场包括特朗普的零容忍移民政策，加兰称之为“可耻的”
同时，最高法院发布了最直接的这让我想起了一个困扰特朗普总统任期的传奇故事，当时特朗普拒绝了前总统的提名请求保护他的税收来自曼哈顿地区检察官办公室。此举为地方检察官塞鲁斯·万斯强制执行大陪审团对记录的传票扫清了道路。
前总统称之为“我们国家历史上最大的政治迫害的延续”，正如地方检察官办公室告诉美国广播公司新闻部的亚伦·卡特斯基，“这项工作仍在继续。”
小费肯德尔·胡炬雄
这是一个繁忙的会话对于弗吉尼亚民主党人来说，他们正在利用2019年巩固的州议会多数席位。执政党正在推进重大的政策变革——最近一次是在周一，大会向民主党州长拉尔夫·诺森的办公桌发送了一项措施废除死刑。
11月，全州选举将测试越来越蓝联邦的色彩，以及选民是否愿意继续追随民主党的领导或寻找另一条道路。
决定结束了国家的未来在备受期待的州长竞选中显得最为突出，这次竞选的特点是两党都有一系列候选人——有些有知名度，有些有创造历史的潜力，有些被认为是煽动者，有些没有太多政治经验。
通过盖蒂图像的华盛顿邮报
弗吉尼亚州参议员阿曼达·蔡斯和詹妮弗·麦克莱伦。
在周一的投票中，两位州长候选人，民主党人州参议员詹妮弗·麦克莱伦(Jennifer McClellan)和共和党人阿曼达·蔡斯(Amanda Chase)通过反向投票强调了这一分歧。麦克莱伦支持让弗吉尼亚成为南方第一个结束死刑的州，喊叫这是“迈向正义的历史性一步”，而自称“穿高跟鞋的特朗普”的蔡斯投了反对票，铸件她投票支持“反对杀人犯，维护公共安全”
该法案的通过和即将到来的州长竞选，可以被视为即将到来的中期选举的早期指标，提醒人们该州的向左转变，以及是否在这里留下来。
播放列表
美国广播公司新闻“从这里开始”播客。周二早间的节目中有一段与比阿特丽斯·拉米雷斯的对话，比阿特丽斯·拉米雷斯是一名新泽西学生，他的父亲是去年输给新冠肺炎的50多万美国人之一。美国广播公司新闻首席大法官记者皮埃尔·托马斯告诉我们，他独家采访了一名在1月6日遭到袭击的国会警察。退役的海军上校和美国广播公司新闻撰稿人斯蒂芬·甘亚德解释了科罗拉多州发动机故障后波音公司和航空业接下来会发生什么。http://apple.co/2HPocUL
五卅八的政治播客。根据众议院议长南希·佩洛西的说法，众议院正准备在本周末通过其1.9万亿美元的美国救援计划。《五·三十八政治》播客的这一部分着眼于该法案的受欢迎程度，以及民主党和共和党对其条款的看法。该小组还跟踪了佐治亚州共和党人正在考虑的最新投票限制，包括一项在周日结束提前投票的提议，这是黑人教堂传统上通过“灵魂投票”活动动员选民的时候。最后，他们问最近一项关于美国人对分离的态度的调查是对民意调查的一种好的还是坏的使用。https://53eig.ht/3dx3lEe
Centrists flex political muscle in critical week for Biden agenda: The Note
The TAKE withRick Klein
PresidentJoe Bidenhas tried not to take a side -- in part bykeeping the focusonCOVID-19and in part by claiming there is no choice to make.
The Democrats' divide, though, is real. It ismaking itself evidentin a week that is posing themost significant hurdlesBiden has yet faced in terms of personnel and policy on Capitol Hill.
The opposition of a single moderate Democrat has the White Houseshopping for Republican support-- so far in vain -- for the president'schoice to leadthe Office of Management and Budget.
There's even more public skepticism among some Democrats over a$15-an-hour minimum wage, which could fall victim to either complicated Senate procedure or simple congressional math in the coming days.
Forces on the left, meanwhile, are as aggressive as ever inpushing priorities aroundimmigration reform, cancelingstudent-loan debtand eliminating the Senate filibuster -- a non-starter with two Senate Democrats on record saying so.
Exactly a year ago, intraparty fights were shaping the race for the Democratic nomination. Those fights were less settled then they were postponed when Biden secured a series of primary wins and thepandemic pushedinternal squabbles way back on the priority list.
Now, Biden has the presidency. Some limits to his power might befound inside his own party.
The RUNDOWN withAlisa Wiersema
Although the former president may be out of office and lacking a social media megaphone, his legacy continues to permeate several consequential issues facing lawmakers and Americans alike.
On Monday,tinges of Trump's timein office were evident as the nation surpassed thedevastating milestoneof 500,000coronavirusdeaths. Despite near-constant surges in COVID-19 cases and rising death tolls across the country over the last year, the former president's public statements frequently offered misleading comparisons of the U.S.death rateto those of other countries while claiming things were "under control, as much as you can control it."
On Capitol Hill, Judge Merrick Garlandestablished his intentionsto "turn down the volume" at the Justice Department andremove it from beingat "the center of partisan disagreement."
At another point in the hearing, Garland also noted that he is "not the president's lawyer" but rather "the United States' lawyer" and addressed severalpolicy-based positionsincluding Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy, which Garland called "shameful."
Meanwhile, the Supreme Courtissued the most directreminder of a saga that plagued the duration of the Trump presidency when it rejected the former president'srequest to shield his taxesfrom the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. The move clears the way for District Attorney Cyrus Vance to enforce a grand jury subpoena for the records.
The former president called it "a continuation of the greatest political Witch Hunt in the history of our Country," as the D.A.'s office told ABC News' Aaron Katersky, "The work continues."
The TIP withKendall Karson
It's been abusy sessionfor Virginia Democrats, who are taking advantage of their statehouse majority cemented in 2019. The party in power is moving forward on significant policy changes -- the most recent on Monday when the General Assembly sent a measure to Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam's deskabolishing the death penalty.
Come November, statewide elections willtest the increasingly bluetint of the commonwealth and whether voters are willing to continue following where Democrats are leading or are looking for an alternative path.
The decision overthe state's futureappears starkest in the highly anticipated governor's race, which features a range of candidates across both parties -- some with name recognition, some with the potential to be history-making, some considered firebrands and some without much political experience.
During Monday's vote, two of the gubernatorial contenders, state Sens. Jennifer McClellan, a Democrat, and Amanda Chase, a Republican, underlined that divide by voting in opposite directions. McClellan supported the measure to make Virginia the first in the South to end capital punishment,callingit "a historic step towards justice," while Chase, who bills herself as "Trump in heels," voted against it,castingher vote as one "against murderers and for public safety today."
The bill's passage and the impending governor's race, which could be seen as an early indicator for the midterm elections to come, is a reminder of the state's leftward shift, andwhether it is hereto stay.
THE PLAYLIST
ABC News' "Start Here" podcast.Tuesday morning's episode features a conversation with Beatriz Ramirez, a New Jersey student whose father is one of the 500,000-plus Americans lost to COVID-19 over the last year. ABC News Chief Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas tells us about his exclusive interview with a Capitol Police officer who came under attack on Jan. 6. And retired Marine Col. and ABC News contributor Stephen Ganyard explains what comes next for Boeing and the airline industry after the engine failure over Colorado.http://apple.co/2HPocUL
FiveThirtyEight's Politics Podcast.The House is preparing to pass its version of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan by the end of the week, according to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. This installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast looks at the popularity of the bill and how both Democrats and Republicans are thinking about its provisions. The team also tracks the latest voting restrictions being considered by Georgia Republicans, including a proposal to end early voting on Sundays, which is when Black churches traditionally mobilize voters through "souls to the polls" events. Lastly, they ask whether a recent survey of Americans attitudes about secession is a good or bad use of polling.https://53eig.ht/3dx3lEe
