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Hey, good morning, Playbookers. It's Tuesday, June 22nd. I'm Rogamana Vallin, and this is your Politico Playbook Daily briefing.

The big news in Washington, D.C. today, the top legislative priority for progressive Democrats is said to die in the Senate.

Republicans plan to filibuster the For the People Act, officially killing the sweeping elections proposal.

It's a reminder that for all the talk about H.R.1 by both sides, it always felt like a bill built for its messaging.

A sort of check-the-box move that would allow party leaders to tell the left that,

hey, at least we tried, but the left, to put it bluntly, is not happy the bills falling apart

without any sort of challenge from the White House.

Progressives are a little upset that President Joe Biden didn't use his bully pulpit to try to move the needle on the bill,

or even strike some sort of deal allowing Congress to block GOP legislatures from curbing access to voting.

They want to know how democratic leaders can claim in one breath that democracy is in jeopardy,

but then turn around and let this sort of legislation crash and

burn.

Ezra Levin, the founder of Indivisible, went on a tear about this yesterday, declaring in a Twitter

thread, quote, I have reached my WTF moment with Biden on this.

Barack Obama did a live debate with House GOP on the ACA. Bill Clinton gave

18 speeches on NAFTA and deputized Al Gore to debate Ross Perot on it. And Donald Trump and

George Bush were all tax cuts all the time. Where is the president? Is saving democracy a priority

for this administration or not? I don't want to see

some tepid public statement. We need to see the president and vice president using the full force of

their bully pulpit to lead. More bad news for the Biden administration, activists aren't

alone in their frustration either. Progressives in the Senate, like Oregon's Jeff Merkley, are warning

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