Here is a taste of his New York Times column: The Democratic spending bills are economic packages that serve moral and cultural purposes. They should be measured by their cultural impact, not merely by some wonky analysis. In real, tangible...
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Senate passes $3.5 trillion dollar budget framework. Hyde Amendment is saved. Anti-Critical Race Theory amendment passes.
It’s a done deal. Elections have consequences. The American people rejected Trumpism in 2020. Now the Democrats, who rode the anti-Trump wave into office last November, have the power to get some things done. National Public Radio explains what is...
Biden’s spending packages appear to have public support
$1.9 trillion for coronavirus relief $2 trillion for infrastructure. $1.8 trillion for American families, including child care and pre-K education. According to Nathan Rakich’s piece today at Five Thirty-Eight, a significant majority of the American people are on board with...
Why is “President Biden making such a sharp break with Joe Biden?”
Here is Ezra Klein at The New York Times: Joe Biden didn’t wake up one day and realize he’d been wrong for 30 years. I covered him in the Senate, in the Obama White House, in the Democratic Party’s post-Trump...
The American Jobs Plan is here
Biden’s jobs and infrastructure plan is up at the White House website. The framing: While the American Rescue Plan is changing the course of the pandemic and delivering relief for working families, this is no time to build back to...