“Senate Republicans have quietly reversed course on trying to rebuke or embarrass the Biden White House, concerned it could help Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stay in power,” Axios reports.
Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) admitted they were “not actually getting anything done” with the votes, but it created a situation in which Democrats “can send a message that they’re pretending to back home.”
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