Last night, Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden, after a reported hour-and-a-half phone call between the two, concluded a deal in principle that had been mostly worked out by their negotiating teams, to raise the national debt ceiling in exchange for spending and other measures sought by the former Party of Lincoln. It appears … Read more
Fortunately, voters do not have to think in the abstract when it comes to what would happen if, in some twisted alternate reality, Joe Biden actually signed the MAGA House Republican Terrorist Debt Ceiling Bill passed with less than a majority of the 435 Representatives last week. Arizonans do not have to imagine much either … Read more
Increases in Child Care Assistance. Supporting a ballot initiative to remove the expenditure cap on public education funding. Expand access to affordable higher education. Fully fund public schools. Giving comprehensive dental care to all adults through Medicaid. Expand KidsCare and eliminate the three-month waiting period to enroll. Increasing funding for KinCare. Expanding access to SNAP … Read more
One thing is certain as the Democrats in the United States Senate starts to craft their own version of the Biden/Harris Build Back Better Plan. Whatever emerges will lift people up and move the country forward. The current version of the plan includes headline items like: an extension of the expanded Child Tax Credit (the … Read more
When the history of the Biden/Harris Administration is written, it should be noted that the President and Vice President launched the sequel to Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty programs from the 1960s. Already, the expansion of the Child Tax Credit that was enacted as part of the American Rescue Plan has helped to reduce child … Read more