Biden needs his infrastructure bill done and dusted

A huge amount rests on Joe Biden's ability to get his $1 trillion infrastructure programme passed by the Senate because right now his honeymoon period is over and a lot of things are going wrong. It sounds as if he is in luck because there should be enough Republicans ready to get his programme through the Senate in the next day or so. He needs a success more than ever because his most important policies are falling apart. Only now has he persuaded 70 per cent of the population to get vaccinated - his original promised date was July 4th. And while his vaccination programme is being challenged, Delta variant infection rates are climbing alarmingly and there's talk of lockdowns reemerging. The other big issue going nowhere is immigration. Unprecedented numbers of people are queuing up to get over the Mexican border and the Biden administration does not appear to have a clue what to do about it. Certainly Kamala Harris, vice president who was handed immigration as part of her portfolio has come up with nothing of note. And then there's Afghanistan. The withdrawal of US troops is leading to appalling atrocities by the Taliban, with the killing of hundreds of civilians. So the infrastructure legislation is all he has to revive his popularity. Yes indeed the honeymoon is truly over.