Days before they were to end, however, the White House angered its own allies by saying it had no legal authority to renew the protections. Citing the court’s ruling, it made a late plea for Congress to act, though Democrats on Capitol Hill quickly found they lacked support even within their own party to write a moratorium into law. The standoff prompted lawmakers led by Bush to turn the pressure back up on Biden, who soon after issued another eviction policy that even the president acknowledged risked being overturned in court.
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