Can Biden’s conciliatory side survive the GOP’s assault on democracy?

Thus, the showdown. In a letter to colleagues last Friday, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) made clear that he would test the Senate’s capacity to legislate by bringing up a series of bills — on gender pay equity, gun violence, LGBTQ rights and, at the end of June, a vote on the For the People Act, the omnibus political reform and voter-protection bill.