With Memorial Day recess around the corner and much of President Joe
Biden's agenda still stuck on Capitol Hill, a sense of helplessness has
settled in among some Democrats: The closer they inch toward Election
Day, they realize, the more unlikely they are to notch any additional
legislative victories. And yet, voters are angry and demanding action
now.

Just look at this quote from No. 2 Senate Democrat Dick Durbin in a
Burgess Everett story up this morning on the ongoing reconciliation
talks between Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin
(D-W.Va.): “I put so much time into immigration on reconciliation. It
took a year of my legislative life. I have nothing to show for it.” He
continued: “I wish Chuck well on reconciliation. I’m going to focus my
legislative efforts in the 60-vote world.”

So what's a vulnerable Democrat to do? Dems in swing districts have been
asking this very question for months now. Here are a few strategies Hill
Democrats seem to be employing to protect themselves politically...

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