Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema turned in a gargantuan fundraising haul in the 3rd quarter of 2021, raising $1.1M and growing her campaign coffers by $900,000 (to $4.5M) more than three years away from her next election. For perspective, the numbers are nearly identical to her previous quarter. And, in the comparable off-year quarter of 2019, … Read more
Since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021, he and other Democratic leaders have proposed sweeping legislation to tackle deep-seated societal problems. Many popular progressive bills – like the For the People Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act; the Richard L. Trumka Protect the Right to … Read more
Well, Joe Manchin’s top line has been made public and if you are on the more left-wing side of the Democratic Party, it is not a happy number. The West Virginia Senator came out publicly and said his top line for the Democratic Budget Reconciliation Plan (also known as the Biden/Harris Build Back Better Plan) … Read more
Close to a million new jobs in Arizona over the next ten years. 115 billion dollars in added economic state activity over that same time span. Personal income growing by close to $100 billion with disposable earnings just under $85 billion. That is what the L. William Seidman Research Institute at the W.P. Carey School … Read more
When I was growing up, my dad stressed the importance of always being united as a family when facing adversity or when one member is wrongly or rightly attacked. This is a theme most families and successful groups and movements in history have adhered to. Democrats like Joe Manchin, and to a far lesser extent, … Read more