Turns Out Joe Biden Is Willing to Play Hardball With His Own Party (If It's About Something He Cares About)

 According to a story from the Rolling Stone, there's one piece of legislation that has Biden willing to go after wayward Democrats:

WASHINGTON — With a make-or-break vote looming in the Senate on a sweeping voting-rights and anti-corruption bill, President Joe Biden and his advisers have said in recent weeks that Biden will pressure wavering Democrats to support reforming the filibuster if necessary to pass the voting bill.

According to three people briefed on the White House’s position and its recent communications with outside groups, Biden assured Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he was ready to push for filibuster reform. Biden’s pressure would aim to help Schumer convince moderate Democrats to support a carveout to the filibuster, a must for the party if it’s going to pass new voting protections without Republican votes. According to a source briefed on the White House’s position, Biden told Schumer: “Chuck, you tell me when you need me to start making phone calls.”

Imagine that. Instead of creating a viable Universal Health Care program, working on student debt forgivingness, solving homelessness, brining troops back from unnecessary wars or a multitude of other issues that Biden could be on the phone yelling to Democrats about, he picks his frankenstonian infrastructure bill.