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Congress Ends ‘Horrible Year’ With Divisions as Bitter as Ever

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) addressees a staff member at the Capitol in Washington on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. Democrats’ achievements were overshadowed by legislative setbacks, fallout from the Jan. 6 attack and a sense that Congress was not rising to meet a perilous moment in history. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)