“Running against Washington is nothing new. Running against Washington while your party controls the White House, Senate and House is something significantly more complicated,” CNN reports.

“That is the knotty path Senate Democratic incumbents are attempting to walk as they run for reelection while their party controls most every lever of an unpopular federal government. How these Democrats – Sens. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Mark Kelly of Arizona, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada – handle dealing with and talking about President Joe Biden and Senate leadership will illustrate how Democrats view their own party’s control of Washington.”

Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as Sens. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced positive Covid tests and their absences will almost surely delay several key — but contentious — confirmation votes, Politico reports.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) “offered a conspicuous non-endorsement on Tuesday when asked whether he has confidence in Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) ability to continue serving,” Politico reports.

Said Schumer: “I’ve had a good number of discussions with Sen. Feinstein, but I’m keeping them to myself.”

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to talk about a reconciliation bill that could combat inflation, The Hill reports.

Manchin told reporters that he supports a corporate tax rate of 25% and a capital gains tax of 28%.

NBC News: “There’s a first-mover problem here. Manchin has his red lines but he’s not going to drive this effort and seems unlikely to lose sleep if a party-line bill never revives. White House and Chuck Schumer don’t want to get burned again.”

Even if Manchin backs rolling back the Trump tax cuts, the Democrats would still need to convince Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), who has said she would not support raising corporate taxes.