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President Joe Biden speaks about abortion access during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the
White House, July 8, 2022, in Washington.
Associated Press Aruba to me

Biden’s realism approach runs head-on

into liberal pressure

By SEUNG MIN KIM have often pushed aggres- manded action on issues
Associated Press sively to extend the bound- such as abortion and vot-
WASHINGTON (AP) — On aries of executive power. ing rights before the No-
restoring access to abor- Biden talks more about its vember elections.
tion, President Joe Biden limits. When it comes to the White House officials and
says his hands are tied with- thorniest issues confront- the president’s allies say
out more Democratic sen- ing his administration, the that approach typifies a
ators. Declaring a public instinct from Biden and leader who has always
health emergency on the his White House is often to promised to be honest
matter has downsides, his speak about what he can- with Americans, including
aides say. And as for gun not do, citing constraints about how expansive his
violence, Biden has been imposed by the courts or in- powers really are.
clear about the limits of sufficient support in a Con- But Biden’s realpolitik ten-
what he can do on his own. gress controlled by his own dencies are colliding with
“There’s a Constitution,” party — though barely. an activist base agitating
Biden said from the South He injects a heavy dose for a more aggressive party
Lawn in late May. “I can’t of reality in speaking to an leader — both in tone and
dictate this stuff.” Through- increasingly restive Demo- substance.
out this century, presidents cratic base, which has de- Continued on Page 2 page 9