Analysis: With infrastructure vote, Congress gives Biden long-needed jolt of good news

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the October jobs report at the White House
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the October jobs report at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 5, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

By James Oliphant and Trevor Hunnicutt

With recent election results in New Jersey and Virginia suggesting that voters are souring on Democrats, President Joe Biden badly needed a jolt of good news. And on Friday, he finally got a little.