As omicron fears grow, COVID-19 once again spoils Biden's plan to push his legislative agenda

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden wants to take a victory lap on the infrastructure deal he signed into law last month and to pitch Americans on his social and climate spending bill working its way through Congress, but the coronavirus has other plans. 

The president was elected on the promise of bring the pandemic to an end, but fears over the global spread of the omicron variant prove the shadow of COVID-19 may loom larger than the administration anticipated.

Much like this summer, when the delta variant ripped across the country and undercut the White House's celebration in the pandemic fight, the latest strain is threatening to spoil plans to promote the benefits of Biden's legislative agenda, as well as his efforts to tamp down concerns over rising inflation and supply chain challenges that have sent his poll numbers spiraling.

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