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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lisa Mascaro

Biden faces split Congress, 1st veto as bipartisanship ebbs

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President Joe Biden will meet with congressional Democrats starting Wednesday in back-to-back private sessions as their party confronts the limits of its power in a newly divided Washington with its once sweeping agenda now effectively stalled.

Biden's first meeting, with House Democrats at their retreat in Baltimore, comes as energized Republicans are on the verge of forcing the initial veto of his presidency -- on a measure to limit the way private financial advisers promote “woke” investment options. That confrontation is a sign of how bipartisanship is giving way to a new era of oversight, investigations and conflict.

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