{"id":1597688,"date":"2022-08-09T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T22:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1597688"},"modified":"2022-08-09T18:14:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T22:14:05","slug":"biden-sees-big-wins-during-covid-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-sees-big-wins-during-covid-isolation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Sees Big Wins During COVID Isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-sees-big-wins-during-covid-isolation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1597688&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration has scored major political wins amid poor polling numbers, various domestic and international crises and doubt regarding another presidential run in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, the victories came together when the president was forced into isolation after contracting COVID-19, moving him out of the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, who is fully vaccinated and twice boosted, first tested <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/21\/joe-biden-positive-covid-19-coronavirus-karine-jean-pierre\/\">positive<\/a> for COVID-19 July 21 and isolated for five days. He tested <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/wireStory\/biden-leaves-white-house-1st-time-covid-19-88059717\">negative<\/a> on July 26 and returned to work physically the next day, but then again tested <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/30\/joe-biden-positive-covid-again-rebound\/\">positive<\/a> July 30 in what\u2019s described as a \u201crebound\u201d positivity case.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the president has spent a total of two weeks in isolation \u2013 but has emerged with a win in the fight against Al-Qaida and a number of key legislative triumphs.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s success during isolation is not a one-off. As The Washington Post\u2019s Tyler Pager pointed out during a press briefing on August 2, Biden won the 2020 election through \u201cmostly working from his home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been one of the most successful weeks of the president\u2019s tenure in the White House so far. I\u2019m wondering if it\u2019s just a coincidence that it\u2019s happening while he has largely been isolating in the White House?\u201d Pager asked, prompting White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre to refer to the idea as \u201ccynicism.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/02\/reporter-asks-jean-pierre-coincidence-biden-successful-week-covid-isolation\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Reporter Asks If It\u2019s A \u2018Coincidence\u2019 That One Of Biden\u2019s \u2018Most Successful Weeks\u2019 Happened During His Isolation Period)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the White house dismissing the idea, NY Post opinion columnist Michael Goodwin shared the same thought. In a piece <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/08\/06\/less-joe-biden-is-just-fine-with-democrats\/\">published<\/a> August 6, Goodwin argued that \u201cless Biden just fine with Dems,\u201d using the series of political wins over the past two weeks as the reason why.<\/p>\n<p><strong>US kills Ayman al-Zawahiri<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Four days into his initial isolation period, the president quietly \u2013 and virtually \u2013 met with a small group of top officials and national security advisers regarding an operation that had been planned for months.<\/p>\n<p>The operation was centered around Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al-Qaida who, as the U.S. discovered, had recently moved to a safe house in Afghanistan with his family. Though Biden couldn\u2019t attend the July 25 meeting in person, a senior administration official later told reporters that he \u201cpressed\u201d his team \u201cat a granular level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the meeting, Biden made a critical decision: Move forward with an air strike against al-Zawahiri\u2019s location.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/01\/white-house-us-kills-ayman-al-zawahiri-al-qaeda-leader\/\">operation<\/a>, senior administration officials told reporters during a background call the following week, was conducted at 9:48 p.m. Eastern time July 30 \u2013 or 6:18 a.m Kabul time July 31 \u2013 and carried out \u201cby an unmanned aerial vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7496815\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7496815\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7496815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T234532Z_1948865818_RC2ZNV9UVBEB_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-BIDEN-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. drone strike, in Washington, U.S. August 1, 2022. Jim Watson\/Pool via REUTERS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T234532Z_1948865818_RC2ZNV9UVBEB_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-BIDEN-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T234532Z_1948865818_RC2ZNV9UVBEB_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-BIDEN-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T234532Z_1948865818_RC2ZNV9UVBEB_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-BIDEN-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T234532Z_1948865818_RC2ZNV9UVBEB_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-BIDEN-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T234532Z_1948865818_RC2ZNV9UVBEB_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-BIDEN-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-01T234532Z_1948865818_RC2ZNV9UVBEB_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-USA-BIDEN-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7496815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. drone strike, in Washington, U.S. August 1, 2022. Jim Watson\/Pool via REUTERS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Though Zawahiri never appeared to leave the compound, he\u2019d often appear out on a balcony inside the grounds, a senior administration official explained. Ultimately, the U.S. government was able to kill Zawahiri while he was on that balcony, with officials stating no one else died as a result of the air strike.<\/p>\n<p>On August 1, a few days after the successful strike, Biden addressed the nation about the successful mission. Still suffering from COVID, the White House set up cameras on the Blue Room Balcony while a small group of reporters looked on from a distant open window, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/08\/06\/politics\/joe-biden-consequential-week\/index.html\">according<\/a> to CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the United States will find you and take you out,\u201d Biden declared during his speech.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A pair of bipartisan bills pass Congress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Biden remained stuck at the White House, key pieces of his legislative agenda finally became unstuck.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate first <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/27\/senate-passes-semiconductor-package-chips-plus-schumer-young\/\">passed<\/a> the CHIPS\u2013Plus Act among a bipartisan 64\u201333 vote on July 27, the same day that Biden left isolation following his first bout of COVID. The House also passed the bill on July 28, sending it to the White House for Biden\u2019s signature, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/07\/28\/china-competitiveness-and-chip-bill-passes-house-goes-to-biden.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a large push by Republican leaders in the Senate to vote on, the massive piece of legislation ended up earning the backing of 24 Republicans, CNBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>Biden had long pushed for the bill to pass, urging Congress in January to \u201cpass this bill right away and get it to my desk,\u201d Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/f71nw#selection-4469.0-4478.0\">reported<\/a> at the time. His administration touted the bill as a way to improve domestic chip manufacturing amid an ongoing shortage and as a bigger push from the White House to build up U.S. infrastructure and create manufacturing jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <span class=\"il\">CHIPS<\/span> and Science <span class=\"il\">Act<\/span> is exactly what we need to be doing to grow our economy right now,\u201d Biden said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/07\/28\/statement-from-president-biden-on-house-passage-of-chips-and-science-act-to-lower-costs-create-good-pay-jobs-and-strengthen-our-national-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> on July 28, shortly after the bill\u2019s passage. \u201cBy making more semiconductors in the United States, this bill will increase domestic manufacturing and lower costs for families. And, it will strengthen our national security by making us less dependent on foreign sources of semiconductors.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7496807\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7496807\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7496807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-07T113324Z_420507663_RC2NRV9UCWNM_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Joe Biden gestures to the media as he walks towards Marine One for departure to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. August 7, 2022. REUTERS\/Ken Cedeno\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-07T113324Z_420507663_RC2NRV9UCWNM_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-07T113324Z_420507663_RC2NRV9UCWNM_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-07T113324Z_420507663_RC2NRV9UCWNM_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-07T113324Z_420507663_RC2NRV9UCWNM_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-07T113324Z_420507663_RC2NRV9UCWNM_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022-08-07T113324Z_420507663_RC2NRV9UCWNM_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7496807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Joe Biden gestures to the media as he walks towards Marine One for departure to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. August 7, 2022. REUTERS\/Ken Cedeno<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Days after the CHIPS victory, however, Biden was back in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 again \u2013 but Congress was busy working to pass another piece of bipartisan legislation that the president could tout as a win for his agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The second bill, dubbed the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, previously passed the House in July and the Senate in June. Due to a technical issue, the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/02\/senate-passes-burn-pits-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">re-voted<\/a> on the bill as a number of Republicans blocked the bill in an effort to address mandatory spending.<\/p>\n<p>Veterans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/veterans-started-camping-capitol-steps-gop-blocks-burn-pit-bill-rcna40981\">protested<\/a> at the U.S. Capitol, calling on Congress to move the legislation forward. The bill ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/02\/senate-passes-burn-pits-bill\/\">passed<\/a> the Senate August 2, paving the way for veterans exposed to toxic substances in the line of duty to receive care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI called for this legislation in my State of the Union address, as part of my Unity Agenda to help bring together our nation,\u201d Biden noted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/08\/02\/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-senate-passage-of-the-bipartisan-pact-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>, crafted mid-quarantine, after the bill passed. \u201cCongress has delivered a decisive and bipartisan win for America\u2019s veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have long said we have a lot of obligations as a nation, but we have only one sacred obligation \u2013 to prepare and equip those we send to war and to take care of them and their families when they come home,\u201d Biden added.<\/p>\n<p>Biden plans to sign the CHIPS act on Tuesday and the PACT Act on Wednesday. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/27\/senate-passes-semiconductor-package-chips-plus-schumer-young\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Senate Passes $280 Billion Semiconductor, R&#038;D Package After Two Years Of Negotiation)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>July jobs report crushes economists\u2019 predictions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s wins mid-isolation were not limited to bipartisan bills. The Department of Labor (DOL) July jobs report, released August 5, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/05\/u-s-economy-blows-the-roof-off-expected-job-gains-in-july\/\">revealed<\/a> that the U.S. economy added a whopping 528,000 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>This number, shown in the DOL data, was double the 250,000 number economists had projected.<\/p>\n<p>Biden highlighted the report as being \u201cthe result of\u201d his \u201ceconomic plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s millions of families with the dignity and peace of mind that a paycheck provides,\u201d the president wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/08\/05\/statement-by-president-biden-on-the-july-jobs-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>. \u201cAnd, it\u2019s the result of my economic plan to build the economy from the bottom up and middle out. I ran for president to rebuild the middle class \u2013 there\u2019s more work to do, but today\u2019s jobs report shows we are making significant progress for working families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweeping climate, health care package takes shape and passes the Senate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Biden\u2019s biggest legislative win came just before his \u201crebound\u201d positivity case, when Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer surprisingly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/senate-majority-leader-chuck-schumer-d-ny-and-sen-joe-manchin-d-wv-on-wednesday-announced-that-they-have-struck-a-long-awaited-deal-on-legislation-that-aims-to-reform-the-tax-code-fight-climate-change-and-cut-health-care-costs\">announced<\/a> the revival of a bill full of key Democratic proposals that had long been deemed dead.<\/p>\n<p>Though it wasn\u2019t the original Build Back Better Act, this version of Biden\u2019s agenda \u2013 dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act \u2013 still had a number of wins for his administration, including almost $370 billion in tax credits and green energy subsidies and a 15% tax on corporations with a reported annual income of over $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>This version also had something that Biden\u2019s Build Back Better Act lacked: the support of Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin. The West Virginian senator had previously declined to endorse the bill in December 2021, stating that \u201cif [he] can\u2019t go home and explain it to the people of West Virginia,\u201d he could not vote for it, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/19\/sen-joe-manchin-says-he-wont-vote-for-bidens-build-back-better-act.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With Manchin on board, as well as another <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/05\/kyrsten-sinema-democrats-carried-interest-inflation-reduction-act-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deal struck<\/a> with Democratic Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Democrats in the Senate quickly worked to pass the bill.<\/p>\n<p>After a nearly 15-hours long debate that began on Saturday and went through the night, the legislation passed the Senate with a 51-50 party line vote. Vice President Kamala Harris passed the tie\u2013breaking vote on Sunday \u2013 the same day that Biden was officially released from his lengthy isolation.<\/p>\n<p>The bill still needs to pass the Democratic-controlled House before heading to Biden\u2019s desk, but Senate passage was viewed as a major obstacle. Biden swiftly touted the bill after the Senate\u2019s vote, writing in a statement that \u201cthe House should pass this as soon as possible\u201d and expressing his excitement at \u201csigning it into law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a fresh batch of wins coming after a series of losses and hurdles, Biden emerged from the White House on Sunday morning feeling confident. The president told reporters he was feeling \u201cgreat\u201d and expressed optimism that the Inflation Reduction Act would pass.<\/p>\n<p>And then, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2022\/08\/07\/the-politics-of-making-history-00050228\">after 16 days<\/a> of isolating at the White House, Biden boarded Marine One. The destination?<\/p>\n<p>One of his favorite weekend spots: His beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s administration has scored major political wins amid poor polling numbers, various domestic and international crises and doubt regarding another presidential run in 2024.Coincidentally, the victories came together<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":1597820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1597688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1597688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1597820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1597688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1597688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1597688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}