Senator McConnell dropped his demand for a commitment to preserve the filibuster when center-right Democrats Manchin and Sinema promised to vote to preserve it.

Either way, it will be hard to pass any laws to reduce the harm that Republicans have done, unless in 2022 we elect more Democrats to the Senate (unless Sanders can achieve this with the reconciliation tactic).

In 2022, Republicans will claim, absurdly, that the Democrats "failed to achieve anything". They do this every time.