The U.S. President Joe Biden has been pushing for the infrastructural plan, something uncharacteristic of him. Yet, based on relevant reports, this so-called infrastructure plan has actually disappeared in the dispute between the Democrats and the Republicans, even if the negotiations on the final framework of are still ongoing. A few months after pushing the USD 3.5 trillion-dollar bill, Biden may end up with less than USD 2 trillion dollars in expenditures for various initiatives, including education, childcare, paid leave, poverty alleviation and climate change.

Biden still faces challenges that cannot be easily resolved through compromise. He appears to acknowledge this reality, implying that he is willing to change the long-standing filibuster of the Senate, if this is a condition that enables him to break through the Republicans’ opposition to protecting voting rights and passing other Democrats’ agenda.

Biden told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that he would be open to altering the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation. This is a dramatic concession for a politician like Biden, who usually accepted obscure Senate rules in his three decades in the Senate. Like other institutionalists in Parliament, Biden rejected liberal activists' demands to break these rules, fearing the consequences if the Republican Party takes power next time.

The Washington that Biden often recalls, one where the Democrats and Republicans work together for a common goal, has now largely become a distant memory.