Senate’s 50-50 split lets Manchin and Sinema revel in outsize influence

Joe Biden, whose Build Back Better bill has been slashed by the two holdouts, said with 50 Democrats, every one is a president'

Joe Biden recently summed up his problems getting things done.

In an America where the US Senate is split 50-50, then effectively any single senator can hold a veto over the president's entire agenda. Look," laughed Biden at a CNN town hall, you have 50 Democrats, every one is a president. Every single one. So, you got to work things out."