Congress is back in session. The House and Senate are doing... I have to put air quotes

on this, the people's business. That's what they're supposed to be doing at least.

But they are back in session. Democrats have a rather small majority in the House. A very,

very slim majority in the Senate. Of course, they control the presidency now.

The real question is, do Democrats have the nerve, the courage, the moral fortitude to

actually play hardball now that they have power no matter how slim the margins?

Let me unpack and explain what I think we're about to be up against. But I do still have

some hope. This is Sean King and you are listening to...

I don't know if you knew this, but billions of dollars were spent on congressional races

in 2020. Not millions, not tens of millions, not hundreds of billions. Billions with a B,

a capital B. Billions of dollars were spent to determine who controls the United States

House and Senate. Why? Why do you think that much money was spent? Billions, which blows

my mind. Imagine if we had just spent that billion or those billions on things that actually

provide real substance to our community, but that's not how it goes. We spent billions

and billions of dollars. And Democrats have a very narrow control of the House and Senate.

And now that billions of dollars have been spent, now that hundreds of millions of man-hours

and minutes have been spent campaigning for these candidates, organizing and fighting

and getting people to the polls all over the country, the real question is, are Democrats

going to actually lead? Now, I have to say something that I feel like I am now saying

on every podcast. Last year in May, June, July, August, September, October, even into November,

when we said when Democrats get power, are they going to lead? The pushback was always

where you have to wait until they get power. Well, Joe Biden has been sworn in. The Senate

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