Democrats’ domestic agenda bogged down by Republican obstructionism

Key issues such as election reform, voting rights and gun control have seen Republican pushback

Joe Biden's far-reaching domestic agenda in the US is facing serious setbacks on a range of issues as the political quagmire of a tightly contested Senate is seeing Democratic ambitions sharply curtailed in the face of Republican obstruction.

On a number of key fronts such as pushing election reform and voting rights, gun control and moving forwards on LGBTQ civil rights, there has been an effective pushback by Republicans - and a handful of conservative Democrats - that is forcing Biden and the wider Democratic party on to the back foot.