Louisville Courier-Journal: Can Kentucky's John Yarmuth pull Democrats together on Biden's multitrillion-dollar plans?
EDITOR'S NOTE: John Yarmuth is one of organized labor's best friends in Washington. He has supported "issues important to working families, including strengthening Social Security and Medicare, freedom to join a union, improving workplace safety and more," 98 percent of the time since he's been in Congress, according to the AFL-CIO.
By JOE SONKA
United we stand, divided we fall.
It's not just Kentucky's state motto, but also U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth's outlook on his party's chances of passing a multitrillion-dollar reconciliation bill this fall containing much of President Joe Biden's policy agenda.
To pass such legislation without any Republican support through the reconciliation process — thus avoiding the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the Senate — it requires all 50 Senate Democrats and nearly 100% of House Democrats getting on the same page.