AdvertisementNewsletter Get our Essential Politics newsletter The latest news, analysis and insights from our politics teams from Sacramento to D.C. At the same time, however, the path forward for Biden’s legislative package has started to clear. Pandemic worsens, legislative picture brightensBack in the spring, in the administration’s most optimistic plans, this was meant to be a summer of celebration. At the peak in December and January, the U.S. was averaging more than 3,000 deaths a day from COVID-19. AdvertisementThat reconciliation bill could also become the vehicle for a major immigration measure, as Biden and leading Democrats made clear in recent days.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 30, 2021 16:00 UTC