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Build Back Better Act
December 20, 2021
Grace Segers
What Does a Manchin-Friendly Build Back Better Look Like?
Democrats may whittle down Biden’s social spending bill to win the West Virginia senator’s support.
December 9, 2021
Alex Shephard
Why Doesn’t the Pentagon Ever Get Asked, “But How Will You Pay for It?”
The press has relentlessly debated the costs of the Build Back Better Act. But the Defense Department is getting $768 billion for Christmas with nary a peep.
November 19, 2021
Alex Shephard
Who’s Afraid of the Congressional Budget Office?
A negative score from Washington’s budget metaphysicians could have killed the Build Back Better Act. But when a positive one came in, barely anyone noticed.
November 16, 2021
Grace Segers
A Disappointing CBO Score Might Not Doom the Build Back Better Act
Democratic moderates are saying that discouraging news from Washington’s fiscal referees may not be a deal-breaker.
November 15, 2021
Alex Shephard
What Can Democrats Learn From the 2010 Midterms? A Conversation With Indivisible’s Leah Greenberg
“People are hearing a lot more about what we can’t have than what we can have right now.”
October 28, 2021
Grace Segers
Biden and the Democrats Agree to Keep Trying to Agree
What deal did the president and his party’s leaders in Congress strike on Thursday?
October 26, 2021
Grace Segers
Paid Leave Would Help Millions of Americans—and Could Be Cut From the Democrats’ Big Bill
In what’s become a common refrain, one of the most transformative—and politically popular—parts of the Biden agenda is on the chopping block.
October 12, 2021
Alex Shephard
Why Isn’t the Democratic Reconciliation Bill More Popular?
Polls find huge support for individual pieces of the budget bill, but its cost has overshadowed what it contains.
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