'Democrats appear certain to add another failure to their list of missed deadlines and thwarted legacy goals this week' | Analysis by Stephen Collinson
The party faces a moment of stark symbolism just a day after the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., which Democrats had set as a deadline to pass new laws to counter Republican curtailments on voting in multiple states.
At the same time, Biden has effectively weakened his own political authority by signing up to deadlines and timelines -- from the passage of the voting rights legislation to the declaration of partial independence from the coronavirus pandemic last year -- that have been missed.
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