Is it wrong that the recent version of the Build Back Better Plan does not have: Any version of Paid Family and Medical Leave? Two Years of Free Community College? Expanded Medicare Coverage for Dental and Vision Care? A permanent extension of the Child Tax Credit for everyone? A more stringent plan to reduce carbon … Read more
President Joe Biden’s CNN town hall on Thursday night was pitched as a venue for him to discuss and sell his ambitious social spending package to the viewing public. But his performance seemed crafted for an audience of two. Biden uses town hall to name-check Manchin and Sinema on agenda hold-ups: Biden spent the first … Read more
Immediately after Senator Kyrsten Sinema voted in favor of advancing the $3.5 trillion Democratic Budget Reconciliation Plan aka the American Families Plan, she signaled that she intended to sabotage the Democratic plan she just voted to advance by saying “I do not support a bill that costs $3.5 trillion.” (Obvious Man asks: “Then why did … Read more
There appear to be some more signs of progress among the Progressive and Centrist wings of the Democratic Party on the components of a revised $1.7 to $1.9 trillion Biden/Harris Build Back Better Plan. In the latest reporting from Politico, these appear to be the latest items that will be in the legislation: Universal Pre … Read more
The “Prada socialist” is now a “Prada plutocrat” who wants to keep taxes low on her wealthy friends. Wealth and income inequality, and tax avoidance by America’s wealthy are of no concern to her. How else are they going to write her those fat checks? Jonathan Chait writes, Report: Sinema Bent on Destroying Biden Presidency … Read more