Feud Grinds Senate to a Halt
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ABCDE Prices may vary in areas outside metropolitan Washington. K SU V1 V2 V3 V4 Snow, sleet, rain 40/32 • Tomorrow: Cloudy, morning rain 44/38 B8 Democracy Dies in Darkness MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021 . $2 Shipping F eud woes spell trouble for grinds consumers Senate Latest virus-related disruptions hit farm to a halt exports, manufacturing IMPERILS BIDEN’S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA BY DAVID J. LYNCH Filibuster dispute delays One year after the coronavirus power-sharing pact pandemic first disrupted global supply chains by closing Chinese factories, fresh shipping head- BY MIKE DEBONIS aches are delaying U.S. farm ex- AND SEUNG MIN KIM ports, crimping domestic manu- facturing and threatening higher When President Biden took prices for American consumers. office last week, he promised The cost of shipping a contain- sweeping, bipartisan legislation er of goods has risen by 80 per- to solve the coronavirus pandem- cent since early November and ic, fix the economy and overhaul has nearly tripled over the past immigration. year, according to the Freightos Just days later, the Senate Baltic Index. The increase reflects ground to a halt, with Democrats dramatic shifts in consumption and Republicans unable to agree during the pandemic, as consum- on even basic rules for how the ers redirect money they once evenly divided body should oper- spent at restaurants or movie ate. theaters to the purchase of record TONI L. SANDYS/THE WASHINGTON POST Meanwhile, key Republicans amounts of imported clothing, People in Wilmington, Del., celebrate the election victory of Joe Biden and Kamala D. Harris on Nov. 7. As the new president and have quickly signaled discomfort computers, furniture and other vice president seek to mend the nation’s divisions, many Americans are torn on whether that ambition is achievable or even wanted. with — or outright dismissal of — goods. the cornerstone of Biden’s early That abrupt and unprecedent- legislative agenda, a $1.9 trillion ed spending shift has upended The other day, Stu Ross, a re- years but never particularly politi- pandemic relief plan that in- long-standing trade patterns, tired elementary school teacher, A Pitfall cal — voted for Biden in Novem- cludes measures such as $1,400 causing bottlenecks from the threw his neighbor out of his ber. He called the new president’s stimulus checks, v accine distri- gates of Chinese factories to the townhouse in Harrisburg, Pa. The first speech “soothing and calm.” bution funding a nd a $15 mini- doorsteps of U.S. homes. guy had said he saw nothing But unity? Normalcy? A return to mum wage. The commercial disorder is wrong with the attack on the U.S. on the path how things used to be, to Biden’s On top of that, senators are just the latest blow to globaliza- Capitol. idea that “politics doesn’t have to preparing for a wrenching sec- tion’s finely tuned engine, cap- Ross wasn’t having it. be a raging fire?” Come on. Where ond impeachment trial for for- ping more than a decade of finan- “You need to leave now,” he said. t o unity Ross lives, the only way he and the mer president Donald Trump, set cial crisis, trade wars, contagion “I can’t believe you said that.” others in his breakfast crew at SEE SENATE ON A7 and recession. Each shock has The two haven’t spoken since. Roxy’s Cafe can get through a triggered swings in the flow of So when Ross heard President conversation is to steer clear of Impeachment: D emocrats move SEE SHIPPING ON A14 Biden’s Inauguration Day appeal Many say Biden’s call for togetherness politics. ahead as GOP remains divided. A4 for a lowered temperature, for is admirable but divisions run too deep At the dawn of an administra- unity, he wasn’t seeing a realistic tion that seeks to return to a less path to that goal. fractious, even boring, politics, Ross, 59 — alternately a Repub- BY MARC FISHER, ANNIE GOWEN, many Americans grant that F ilipina maids lican and a Democrat through the C HRISTINE SPOLAR AND BRITTANY SHAMMAS SEE MOOD ON A6 Disabled and tra∞cked to caregivers Syria tell of struggle to abuse, rape Chiefs vow to root out o∞cers with extremist ties get vaccine BY KATIE MCQUE BY KIMBERLY KINDY, BY JESSICA CONTRERA MARK BERMAN dubai — Josephine Tawaging was AND KIM BELLWARE For weeks, Wendy Lincicome being bundled off to the airport in has been asking the same ques- a locked car, begging to be let out. The revelation that the Capitol tion. She asks it on the phone. She She had t raveled f rom her h ome mob — covered in emblems of asks it in emails to state officials. in the Philippines a month earlier extremist groups — included off- She cares for an epileptic blind to find work in Dubai, the Middle duty law enforcement officers man with cerebral palsy 24 hours East’s glitzy business hub, she lat- possibly assisted by working po- a day, and when he is asleep, she er recalled. But her recruitment lice is escalating pressure on sher- types her question into Google. agency instead locked her in a iffs and police chiefs nationwide “When will people with disabil- dark and dirty d ormitory with sev- to root out staff with ties to white ities get the coronavirus vaccine?” eral other women, who soon supremacist and far-right armed Tens of thousands of Ameri- learned they would all be sent to groups. cans with intellectual and devel- war-ravaged Syria to be sold. Law enforcement leaders have opmental disabilities — who are As Tawaging, 33, was being faced criticism in the past for two to three times as likely to die driven to Dubai’s airport bound failing to police their own officers’ of covid-19 — are waiting for an for Damascus, she protested one involvement with extremist answer. last time — and was slapped groups. However, the selfie pho- The Centers for Disease Con- across the face. “They got angry tos that off-duty officers took in- trol and Prevention has said with me and said, ‘If you don’t go, side the Capitol during the violent health-care personnel and resi- we’ll kill you,’ ” she said in an siege, which left one police officer dents of long-term-care facilities interview, recounting the 2019 or- dead and dozens of others in- should be first in line, in Phase 1A. deal. Today, she remains trapped jured, were a wake-up call for Disability advocates say guidance in Syria. many who have long denied the should be interpreted to include Dozens of Filipinas who were extent of the problem within po- all people with disabilities who recruited to work in the United licing. receive long-term care, whether Arab Emirates have been traf- National Sheriffs’ Association in large institutions, smaller ficked to Syria to work as maids, at President David Mahoney said group homes or in settings like times subjected to physical and many police leaders have treated Lincicome’s, who is paid to live sexual attacks by their employers officers with extremist beliefs as with a North Carolina man who and denied the salaries they were outliers and have underestimated SEE DISABILITIES ON A9 promised, according to interviews the damage they can inflict on the TAMIR KALIFA FOR THE WASHINGTON POST conducted with 17 of these women profession and the nation. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo speaks before George Floyd’s funeral June 9. He said anonymous Virus: Vaccine supply is hindering SEE TRAFFICKING ON A12 SEE POLICE ON A8 online platforms a re making efforts to look for fringe affiliations among officers difficult. the expansion of Biden’s goal. A3 In the News tration officials to come etary policy decisions in Inside to campus in a time of a n ews conference. increased focus on racial THE NATION B1 THURSDAY ants of the coronavirus justice and inclusion. STYLE At least one person take hold there. A11 Fourth-quarter GDP is hospitalized after a The hardships of uni- THE WEEK AHEAD is expected to show an Awaiting home increase of 4.2 percent. improvements police car struck a Taco- versity students during MONDAY A2 Jobless claims for the V ice President Harris is ma, Wash., crowd. the pandemic have Vice President Harris Two weeks after the reached the attention of week ending Jan. 23 are residing in Blair House swears in Lloyd Austin estimated at 875,000. while maintenance is district called educators the highest levels of the as secretary of defense. A11 New-home sales for done on the official vice into classrooms and French government. Global leaders partici- started to lock them out December are estimated president’s residence. C1 THE REGION pate in “Davos Dia- at 869,000 units. Lauding ‘Lupin’ from remote work, the logues,” an online event. Chicago Teachers Union The District of Colum- Screenings for the Sun- The French Netflix hit voted to refuse in-per- bia i s reporting that TUESDAY dance Film Festival will puts a spin on its capers, A2 5,200 students have ac- be held online and in TANNEN MAURY/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK son instruction. Major League Base- but its racial commentary cepted seats for in-per- ball names its 2021 Hall various U.S. venues. is what really makes the THE WORLD Super Bowl is set Tom Brady and the Tampa son learning, about a of Fame class. series stand out. C1 Israel will close its third of the school sys- FRIDAY Bay Buccaneers will face Patrick Mahomes only major airport for at tem’s capacity in this WEDNESDAY Personal income for least a week, e ffectively phase of reopening.