Senate Democrats have been off to a slow start this Congress, where they have often lacked an outright majority as temporary absences complicate their ability to confirm POTUS's nominees and give Republicans an easier time sending legislation to his desk.
In the first 100 days, the Democratic-controlled Senate held 82 votes. By comparison, there were 133 votes at this point in the 117th Congress and 76 in the 116th Congress, when the chamber was controlled by Republicans. The Senate has confirmed 33 of Biden’s judicial and Cabinet nominees and has passed five bills.
That same day, the Senate also approved another measure to cancel a key Biden administration rule that defines what bodies of water are subject to federal regulation under the Clean Water Act Senators voted 53-43 to overturn the rule and sent the bill to the president’s desk. Biden vetoed the bill last Thursday.
With some support from Democrats, the Senate voted in early March to overturn a Labor Department rule that permits fiduciary retirement fund managers to consider environmental, social, and corporate governance, or ESG, factors in their investment decisions. Biden issued the first veto of his presidency on the measure. Sens. Joe Manchin and Jon Tester , two red-state Democrats up for reelection, were the only two to vote with Republicans to overturn the rule.
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