Saying “finally infrastructure week” and “we took a monumental step forward as a nation,” President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, hailed the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan in the House of Representatives on Friday evening (November 5, 2021) after a deal was made between Progressive and Moderate Democrats on moving forward with … Read more
For the people that think Bidenomics is not working, they should read the October jobs report and the revised ones for August and September. Over half a million jobs (531,000) were created in October. The unemployment rate went from 4.8 to 4.6 percent. Job creation numbers for August and September were revised upward by a … Read more
After all we have seen to date, I would urge caution, and to take this latest reporting with a grain of salt. I’ll believe it when a vote is actually scheduled (Nancy Pelosi does not schedule votes unless she is confident that she has the votes). The Hill reports, House Democrats aim for Thursday vote … Read more
The Washington Post reports, Biden team struggles to promote economic message as inflation persists: The White House is struggling to sell its economic message to the public despite fresh stock market highs and a red-hot labor market, as voters increasingly focus instead on rising prices and product shortages in assessing President Biden’s performance. The president’s … Read more
The beltway media villagers really love the alliteration of their favorite catch phrase “Dems divided.” This ignores the fact that the Democratic Party is a “big tent” party with factions who negotiate with one another over policy. Negotiation is a normal function of governing, not “dysfunction.” The beltway media villagers’ coverage of process ignores the … Read more