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McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
National
David Lightman

Give us a Senate majority, Democrats plead at debate. But there would still be trouble

WASHINGTON _ Senators running for president looked the American public squarely in the eye this week and had stern advice _ elect enough Democrats to run the Senate and things will get done.

During this week's debate in Florida, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on how to bring about change, said: "Well, here's how I see this happening. Number one, sure, I want to see us get a Democratic majority in the Senate."

Except even if Democrats won the Senate, they would still face the three factors contributing to the current inertia that are likely to linger well into 2021, when the next Congress will convene:

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