Political Science 101

 The democrats hold small majorities in both houses of congress and the presidency.  This may not be the time for grand legislative efforts but it is certainly a time for people of good will to make efforts to work across the aisle for compromises that serve the better aspects of the majority and allow folks that were elected to show that they are capable of legislating and serving the best interests of the country.

Further complicating matters is the Hastert Rule.  

The Hastert Rule, also known as the "majority of the majority" rule, is an informal governing principle used in the United States by Republican and Democratic Speakers of the House of Representatives since the mid-1990s to maintain their speakerships and limit the power of the minority party to bring bills up for a vote on the floor of the House.

The rule keeps the minority party from passing bills with the assistance of a minority of majority party members.  It's no wonder the country is tied in such knots.  Moderates of both parties shouldn't be neutered in such a way to hinder debate and crucial votes.

This has gone way beyond what even Mitch McConnell called the most consequential vote he has ever taken when he announced he would vote to uphold the vote in the Electoral College. Logically it would seem more than likely that there would be several republican senators voting with democrats and possibly McConnell himself voting to convict the president of high crimes and misdemeanors, hoping that the violence of January 6, 2021 can be contained and the current president  disqualified from serving in public office and saving the republican brand for another day.